Google's goal is to hire 100 people by the end of 2020 and open its operations center at 5665 Airways by summer 2021.

Building permit applications have been filed for a $35 million senior living facility in southeast Memphis and a $50 million warehouse near the airport.

Aldermen reviewed the general fund and capital improvements in a work session on Wednesday. The aldermen plan to have the final review of the budget by the end of August.

The Ivy League was the first conference to cancel football this fall. It won't be the last. For that, you can blame those who didn't listen to people like Dr. Jon McCullers, who tried to tell you this is how it could go. 

Nothing this week has been more distressing than to glimpse the sprouting seeds of a familiar political battle, this time over school openings. It was awful enough to see mask usage amid a pandemic turned into a test of political fidelity. Please, not this time.

Ruling seen as a big election-year victory for President Donald Trump, who counts on heavy support from evangelicals and other Christian groups for votes and policy backing.

The issues facing schools as they look to reopen with some semblance of normalcy is almost overwhelming. A bit scary. And in some ways heartbreaking.

The Wednesday committee sessions drew most of the 13 commissioners, with the remainder attending online. Also debuting was a partitioned commission chambers with glass barriers between the elected officials and masks worn in the booths created for them.

During its monthly virtual luncheon Wednesday, July 8, Arlington Chamber of Commerce members got COVID-related updates on school plans for the fall and employer tips for dealing with the pandemic.

Gov. Bill Lee is expected to tell the State Capitol Commission he believes the monument should be moved to the State Museum.

Memphis police report a 30% increase in homicides this year compared to same period last year. 

Mayor Jim Strickland’s reform discussions are continuing, he said Wednesday, but critics of the belief that more cops means less crime have become more vocal since the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd on Memorial Day. 

The Batesville, Mississippi, native, is ranked No. 1,083 by the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

SBA data suggests Paycheck Protection Program thus far has aided more than 14,000 Shelby County businesses and helped retain more than 50,000 jobs.

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance confirmed a $22,000 settlement penalty of campaign reporting violations for state Rep. Joe Towns in an effort to avert an open meetings lawsuit.

Since pausing a move to Phase 3, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and overall positivity rate continued to rise locally with little signs of changing in the immediate future.

State working closely with governor’s legal team to see about a start date for high school football.

The list of limited-service restaurants that close at midnight is lengthy; private clubs without a restaurant license will also be closed.

Lurking in the shadows – or in some cases, right out there in plain sight for anyone willing to look – are myriad unintended health consequences of this pandemic.

The Postal Service is finally taking the Front Street Post Office off the books, after suspending operations when the University of Memphis law school moved Downtown in 2010.

Five-star guard JD Davison remains involved with Memphis and former assistant coach Mike Miller.

In “Bleeding Out,” a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, writes that "nothing works as well to reduce urban violence as focused deterrence.”

Bed Bath & Beyond is closing its Germantown store. This fall Planet Fitness will begin building out the space to open a gym in Germantown Plaza.

The arts company announced Gretchen Wollert McLennon as the organization’s new leader after a unanimous vote by board members. She will begin her tenure Aug. 1.

As the Memphis Grizzlies prepare to move on to the Orlando bubble, questions remain if the NBA approach to continuing the season will work.