Hundreds of homeless Memphians attended Project Homeless Connect 2019 Thursday at the Fairgrounds' Pipkin Building, seeking assistance from 40 city agencies, community partners and service providers.
A religion major as an undergraduate, Daniel Warner used a Memphis Teacher Residency to get his master’s degree in education and fell in love with the city. A 2019 fellow of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Warner is one of five educators New Memphis honored with this year's Educators of Excellence awards.
The Metal Museum's executive director Carissa Hussong calls the crowd-pleasing annual Repair Days “a reunion for the metalsmithing community.” The fundraising event is Oct. 17-20 this year.
The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration.
Justin Timberlake and other musicians collaborated for two days in August with students at Stax Music Academy and with help from the Levi’s Music Project – and a $100,000 donation from JT himself – have provided a huge boost to the academy’s work.
Currently in her 10th year as a Memphis educator, Alyssa Nucaro is a graduate of the New Memphis Embark program, one of five New Memphis honored this year with Educators of Excellence awards.
St. Jude asked to improve vaccine for the obese and other people with underlying health conditions.
The 47th annual Pink Palace Crafts Fair spotlights craftsmakers, allowing them to demonstrate the creation of their wares for guests.
From Keith Lee to equestrian Melanie Smith Taylor to the late duo of Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson, the inaugural class of the Memphis Sports Experience and Hall of Fame was recognized Thursday night.
Significant commercial real estate projects coming to the city have created a new Memphis cool and instilled more confidence in its future direction, developers say.
ServiceMaster employees locally and nationally fanned out across their communities Thursday to help various causes as part of the Memphis-based company's "We Care Day 2019."
Zookeepers and staff veterinarians proudly introduced two sister jaguar cubs during a gender-reveal neonatal exam. They’re the zoo’s first newborn jaguars in more than 25 years.
Collage Dance Collective kicks off its 10th anniversary season this fall, and those in the company hope to accomplish even more in the years to come.
Donation helps Hutchison School expand its teaching farm, with additional phases of growth still to come.
Memphis didn't support the Southern Heritage Classic 30 years ago. It did support a giant boondoggle. As the Classic celebrates its anniversary, there's a lesson to be learned.
Memphis College of Art endures the challenges of an extraordinarily long "teach-out" to give its last students a chance to graduate.
The Mid-South Food Bank has partnered with the Urban Child Institute to help low-income parents and women in Shelby County by providing diapers and feminine care products through a new program called the Bare Needs Diaper Bank.
U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.
Community Foundation's new Forever Fund is a permanent endowment that will ensure grants will be distributed for generations to come.
Comcast came to Memphis on Friday bearing free laptops for students, free internet service for their families and tech grants for local nonprofits.
St. Jude is first in the world to acquire a 1.1-gigahertz magnet. In a month, it will be ready to use.
The proprietors of Lucy J's Bakery are paying employees $15 an hour, a tall order for small businesses but one they say is paying dividends beyond profits.
Randall Mullins and Sharon Pavelda founded a project to identify and memorialize lynching sites in Shelby County, and helped create a community of supporters, from the National Park Service to the local NAACP, preachers and politicians, activists and academics.