Friends for Life will open The Corner on Nov. 4, providing free testing for sexually transmitted infections. The community space will feature a pharmacy and offer PEP, PrEP, STI testing and education. Local art will be for sale in the space.
The Raleigh TIF is the first proposed TIF in the neighborhood and is centered around the Raleigh Springs Town Center development along Austin Peay Highway.
Debra Williams was honored Friday for serving up 30 years worth of meals at the Lucille McWherter Senior Center.
Graceland’s visitors are getting younger, with an increase in traffic by 25- to 44-year-olds. When families arrive, they want something nearby for kids to do. Exhibits like Expedition: Dinosaur, on the grounds until January 2020, address the need.
The student-run bank teaches students more about money and customer service, skills they will carry with them for the future.
The 16-year-old Memphis rapper launched the Need Learning Everyday Challenge at Cornerstone Prep Denver Elementary School in Frayser Tuesday.
A task force approved by the Shelby County Commission will look for ways to reverse the devaluation of property in Orange Mound.
Three years ago, two high school students met with leaders at their local mosque to create an all-inclusive food pantry. On the morning of Oct. 12, they opened a building to better serve the surrounding neighborhood.
The Downtown Memphis Commission voted 6-3 Friday, Oct. 18, to uphold its Design Review Board's approval of the design of Peabody Falls apartments in Midtown.
The Shelby County Office of Re-Entry is converting vacant buildings in South Memphis into transitional housing for ex-offenders.
The city plans to break ground on the development in January 2020, with the sports complex and hotel opening in June 2021 and initial retail opening in November 2021.
The $3 million grant will go toward creating more small business and affordable housing opportunities in Frayser and Whitehaven.
A portion of the property tax revenue in the TIF district would go toward funding streets, sidewalks and other infrastructure needs in Raleigh.
Davida Cruthird with Agape Child and Family Services and Candace Taylor with Power Center CDC talk history, industry, and community in Hickory Hill and the details on the upcoming Hickory Hill resource and career fair on Oct. 19.
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."
The plan would cost Northaven residents about $27 a month and would achieve a county goal to eliminate illegal dumping in that part of Shelby County.
The city seeks approval from the Land Use Control Board for a new 200,000-square-foot sports and events complex and a 700,000-square-foot mixed-use development of retail, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, commercial office space and multifamily residential.
The dorms were created in a recently renovated, former vacant apartment building across from Knowledge Quest’s main campus.
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.
State Sen. Sara Kyle is set to promote legislation in 2020 designed to cut gun violence, initiatives likely to bump into Republican opposition. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will hold a press conference Thursday in Memphis on gun safety.
Memphis Goodwill has set the opening date for its 16th store, in a former Rite Aid at 1810 Union Avenue in Midtown, for Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Alexis Gwin-Miller’s departure as principal came 10 days after a student-led protest. Dozens of students asked questions about the school’s cohort model, which was in place before Gwin-Miller was hired.
MedPost Urgent Care, in partnership with Saint Francis Healthcare, has opened its sixth clinic.
Incumbent Sherman Greer and contender Rhonda Logan will face off in the District 1 runoff election scheduled for Nov. 14.
Festival organizers will retain the influence of those in the neighborhood who are committed to workforce development and how the land is used.