Not every business will be willing or prepared to reopen Monday even if allowed to under the Memphis and Shelby County "Back to Business" plan. 

The first 11 grants, totaling $62,500, were approved Friday, May 1, under the Economic Development Growth Engine's new program to aid small, inner-city businesses struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A building permit application filed this week is part of a $20 million project to enlarge and upgrade St. Clair Foods, which makes potato salad and many other refrigerated or frozen side dishes and has an expanded deal with Sam's Club stores.

Ron Redwing and Golden Gate Cathedral set out to ease a financial burden for residents in Frayser, but the addition of music made for a timely party at the pump.

The Memphis College of Art Legacy Catalog celebrates the school's 84-year history with lots of photographs and names.

Christina Stevison looked to her mother, late magazine publisher and entrepreneur Tina Birchett, for inspiration in developing an online workshop with the look and feel of Memphis' annual Sisterhood Showcase expo.

Memphis College of Art is closing and graduates its last class on May 9. The pandemic has made a difficult situation harder, forcing the college to substitute a prerecorded commencement video for the real graduation ritual.

Room service was never so varied as the Westin Beale Street's dinner offering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests can get meals delivered to their rooms free from eight restaurants.

Even without a pandemic, Memphis Little League was taking on a huge challenge in keeping baseball alive in the African-American community. 

Neither Starbucks nor the developer has confirmed it, but a building permit document suggests that Raleigh may soon have its own Starbucks coffee shop.

Effort to assist St. Vincent de Paul food ministry is connected to the school’s Institute for Citizenship program. 

Plans for a new high school, possibly in Frayser, could receive initial funds under county Mayor Lee Harris' 2020-21 fiscal year proposal. But other approvals are needed for the project to move forward.

Eclectic Eye owner Robbie Johnson Weinberg is using writing and Facebook to share her emotional vulnerability amid pandemic concerns. 

The owner of a Whitehaven tire and repair shop is searching for a way to store and protect his inventory from theft in a way that does not violate zoning.

Neighborhood Preservation Inc., is celebrating Earth Day with a pledge to plant trees in vacant lots across Memphis.

The City Council last year rejected a solid waste company's plan to expand operations in Whitehaven. Now the firm plans to enlarge operations in a way that does not need City Hall approval.

The site is where the Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church building was closed and demolished last year.

The Heights CDC has established a COVID-19 Response Fund to help neighborhood residents, while also delaying a $6 million project for new park and greenspace on National Street.

The Links at Whitehaven city golf course will reopen Saturday, April 18, in the first loosening of restrictions in the city’s state of civil emergency.

Remember Scott Briggs from Laid Off Lawn Care? He had his tools stolen on Thursday, but Memphis came to the rescue. 

Some meals were distributed at St. Patrick Community Outreach Center, St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen and St. Vincent de Paul’s Food Mission.

Cherokee Health Systems is offering COVID-19 testing to new and current patients at its Frayser location, 2574 Frayser Boulevard. 

Those who drive to Dell's Hollywood gas station at 2637 James Rd. Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. will get $10 of free gas. 

Scott Briggs, a laid off bartender in Memphis, borrowed a truck and turned his misfortune into a lawn care business that can pay the bills. 

The parking lots of 17 Memphis-area churches were mostly bare Easter morning as they adhered to social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic, but some found ways to engage their congregations nonetheless.