Wolf River Hospitality Group is moving its corporate offices to Germantown occupying the former Mesquite Chop House site on Forest Hill-Irene Road.

The Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum will move just two blocks from its long-time headquarters at 158 Madison.

Beer for dessert? Maybe. Sisco Larson and Kat Gordon talk with Jennifer Biggs about what to pair with your last course.

Plans for the interactive sculpture were among several new riverfront developments, including Mud Island renovations, reviewed Tuesday, Feb. 9, by the Memphis River Parks Partnership board.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved $28 million in tax breaks Tuesday, Feb. 9, but members were critical of the absence of one of the developers seeking incentives.

UTHSC confirms it has identified two variant strains of the virus in Shelby County.

Get ready to be on NCAA tournament bubble watch, Tigers fans. 

Charter schools run by nonprofit organizations are allowed to make their own plans about reopening buildings. That means about a quarter of Memphis students attend public schools that are not obligated to follow Superintendent Joris Ray’s decision to continue all-virtual learning. 

Around 9:30 a.m. the Health Department said it would administer second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Germantown Baptist Church on Friday.

As favorite restaurants have reopened during the past year, it’s felt like visiting old friends when you walk back through the doors.

Desmond Bane made his first start, and Jonas Valanciunas had 27 points and 20 rebounds in the loss.

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Lee defends his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Democrats including Raumesh Akbari of Memphis say the state has not invested in what is important to Tennessee families. 

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The project will widen a floodplain north of Big Creek for use as a recreational area with trails when the creek is low.

The delay by the Shelby County Commission also shows there may be a rift between commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and his father, City Council member Edmund Ford Sr., on the issue.

Collierville has new guidelines for those wishing to address the board at its meetings.

The resolution, approved Monday, Feb. 8, in a unanimous vote, isn’t binding on the state. But it calls on the state to move teachers up in the vaccination line as a condition for reopening the state’s largest school system.

University of Memphis football coach Ryan Silverfield said the Tigers will open spring practice March 11 in advance of the April game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

According to the latest Shelby County Health Department data, close to 60,000 people in Shelby County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

The recruitment ad was part of a series of ads planned as the department seeks to increase its force size. 

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The Grizzlies will be without Brandon Clarke and De’Anthony Melton against the Toronto Raptors Monday night at FedExForum.

The move will give the local Memphis bakery’s cakes a national audience.