Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and University of Tennessee Health Science Center announce additions. 

The Memphis-based automotive parts retailer reported a better-than-expected increase in net income for the quarter.

The U of M’s Center for Disaster Recovery and Resiliency will be tasked with securing funding for infrastructure improvements to help the area better weather future disasters. 

“Some of these folks are here for the very first time, so it’s an opportunity for us to really showcase what Memphis has to offer our international visitors,” said Kevin Kane, president of Memphis Tourism. 

The grocery store would be the chain’s first in the Mid-South.

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The Mississippi River is a big deal. One of the world’s great rivers, it hosts an abundance of wildlife habitat and provides drinking water for almost 20 million people. But it seems to carry less reverence than other iconic water bodies across the country. 

Dr. James Downing, president and CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is leading a $12.9 billion, six-year strategic plan — the largest investment in the hospital’s history. 

Within the contiguous U.S., temperatures have risen by 2.5°F since 1970, compared to a global average rise of about 1.7°F over the same period.

Incidula Mathew’s company, Hera Health Solutions, grew with the help of ZeroTo510, a Memphis-based accelerator program designed to help entrepreneurs bring medical devices and companies to market.

Kevin Dean, president and CEO of Tennessee Nonprofit Network, said nonprofits are the sixth largest industry in Tennessee, home to more than 40,000 nonprofits that employ 200,000 people.

Economic development has surged in the Memphis area following the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slowdown. That was the message at a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian Thursday, Nov. 30. 

Having braces at an early age set the stage for Dr. Angela Washington to earn her dental license, and return to Arlington to open her practice.

A female employee at the FedEx hub died of injuries received on the job late Wednesday, Nov. 29. The company has not released her name or the cause of death.

The sale allows Engineered Medical Systems to diversify its customer base, adding components for foot and ankle surgery to the company’s platform of spinal implants.

St. Jude Memphis Marathon participants come from all 50 states and Puerto Rico as well as 75 countries.

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The $261 million project is expected to be completed by early 2027.

Friday’s free event will also include a catered dinner buffet, presentations, vendors, informational displays and giveaways, and it will culminate with a balloon release to honor everyone in the Memphis community impacted by HIV/AIDS.

Rachel’s has been a fixture on Poplar Avenue since 1993 but it will close to walk-ins at the end of the year. The clothes closet, food pantry and storehouse of furniture in the florist’s back building — for people who were hungry, cold or moving into apartments with nothing — will close when the shop does.

The airport’s massive ticketing and security terminal renovation will be a larger project than the recent $245 million remake of Concourse B. 

The race on Saturday, Dec. 2, will close roads across Downtown and Midtown, with some closures beginning Friday, Dec. 1.

This week’s Inked features new leases at Union Avalon Shopping Center, a new Dollar Tree, a new Footlocker and a retail center/warehouse project.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Lewis Thomason and Maximus Building Supply announce promotions and additions. 

Byhalia Commons is south of Tenn. 385 on the west side of Byhalia Road and bordered by Collierville Road to the south. The condominiums are east of Town Square near Washington Street and Mount Pleasant Road.

The $1 million grant ensures Alliance will receive a matching $1 million gift from a private donor for its new mental health crisis center.

As Scott Brockman nears retirement, he recalls taking over Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority in 2014, and rebuilding after Delta left and “things went from bad to worse.”