Spirit of Memphis First Rudi and Honey Scheidt Community Impact Award honors people who go out their way to work for the community and spirit it embodies.
Local Salvation Army leaders brace for contributions to drop this year. But donors can still give dollars at kettle901.org or adopt an angel at angeltreememphis.org.
Hi-Tone stages have hosted innumerable local record-release shows and been at least a partial home for signature Memphis events.
Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.
The nonprofit organization that promotes the 169cc SYM Fiddle III motor scooter as an affordable solution for getting Memphians to and from work now plans a new campus on Summer Avenue.
Even though the Cooper Young Festival was canceled this year due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual four-miler race went on.
For months before he died, the Greek Orthodox priest’s front yard became a gathering place for well-wishers from all parts of town and walks of life.
The COVID-19 pandemic might have grounded some local model airplane enthusiasts for a while, but it couldn’t stop them from building more Ringmaster model planes and being ready for Saturday’s 13th annual Worldwide Fly-A-Thon.
Memphis Tourism measured a 40% increase in likely Memphis visitors who report being interested in “adventurous outdoor activities” since the pandemic hit.
The Greek Orthodox priest retired from the pulpit in 1991, but kept working as the church’s pastor emeritus and the community’s chaplain and cheerleader.
For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light.
The Washington Football Team’s running back finds himself in an unexpected situation.
Visionaries who started the health clinic imagined it as a way to change life in South Memphis; 25 years ago, ZIP code 38109 had the most health concerns, and the fewest doctors.
Bicycles are selling like hotcakes, with customers in some places putting down deposits for bikes they won’t see until January.
Crosstown Concourse officials ask people to post on social media their favorite photo they took at the "vertical urban village."
Cerrito’s business was based on friends interacting at preferably crowded indoor spaces. What happens when barroom bonhomie becomes a public health problem? For Cerrito, it meant a screeching halt to his entire business.
The 3-mile ball of ice will make its closest approach to the Earth on Thursday, July 23.
Memphis rap's impassioned ode, Playa Fly's 1998 single "Nobody," is arguably as popular today as it was more than 20 years ago. Artists and experts share the story behind its staying power.
North, a 1-year-old golden retriever, wears a bright yellow cape as he makes the rounds at the Memphis Zoo where curator Courtney Janney is training him to be a Canine Companions assistance dog.
A black baseball player near the end of his career and a white kid not old enough to drive a car. What could they possibly mean to one another? More than they could have imagined.
Against the Grain offers Memphis-area musicians a place to post performance videos. The service has earned nearly 150 musicians a total of more than $19,000.
The restaurant serving Southern comfort food has been a Downtown institution for 102 years.
Artist David Yancy III invited extreme-sports athletes to Raleigh skatepark to encourage camaraderie and sportsmanship during the pandemic.
Memphis native Austin Webster founded an app that recognizes the music users are listening to and uses the song’s credits to develop playlists based on the key songwriters, producers and contributors behind the scenes.
Leaders of the half-century-old organization, challenged by shrunken membership, expected Saturday's annual U.S. flag sale to be its last. But the customers had other ideas.
The design includes two pedestrian overlooks on the west side of Riverside Drive at Monroe and at Union and a six-foot-wide, wheelchair-accessible walkway on the eastern, upper edge of the landing between Court and Monroe.
Members of Memphis’ LGBTQ community rode from Midtown to Downtown to express their support for local black activists in a protest against police violence.
Church Health chief executive Dr. Scott Morris: "Do you now somebody who has lost their job, who has lost their health insurance?... This might be a time to consider making a donation to Church Health."
There are thousands of cradles graves at Elmwood. Slowly, in pockets and bunches, they are being planted by a troupe of volunteers finding particular solace tending a cemetery in a pandemic.