Organizations ranging from FedEx, MATA, Maximus Child Support and the Memphis Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center were in attendance to promote work opportunities. 

The separate I-55-Crump Boulevard roundabout currently under construction just east of the old Memphis-Arkansas Bridge got a lot of attention at the first public hearing on the new bridge, planned for just south of the existing one.

Zio Matto Gelato, the popular gelato that has been seen in grocery stores, restaurants and even FedExForum, now has a storefront on the ground floor of the Central Station Hotel. 

New bands performing this season are Fleetwood Mac tribute band Landslide on April 25, Grit & Grind Music Machine on May 30 and Memphis Soul Remedy on July 18.

The 15-year tax incentive was approved by the suburb’s Industrial Development Board but still needs ratification from Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Sisters June Taylor and Joyce Boggs first opened the Cooper-Young boutique back in 1977 under the guidance of their mother, the late seamstress Loudean Peak. 

Humes, now a middle school, is exiting a state-run turnaround district after 10 years. Its students will be reassigned to a school in a different part of the city.

The three Memphis buildings were among 26 historic properties statewide chosen for the program, which aims to encourage investment in abandoned historic buildings. 

Pizza and pasta in the park? No problem. Pizza Dis Pasta Dat will be at the Shell all year long. 

Live classical music from local groups such as the University of Memphis Lorraine String Quartet, Prizm Ensemble and the Bartlett Community Concert Band could also be heard at Art in the Loop.

More than 30,000 people are buried among the 15 acres at Zion Christian Cemetery, which was established in 1876 and is Memphis’ oldest Black cemetery.

Riverside Drive closes, as it has for decades, on April 22. But Tom Lee Park will be partially open between the Riverbeat and SmokeSlam events in May.

The Orpheum Theatre might get string lights, Hotel Pontotoc might have a new restaurant, a new construction trades space on Decatur Street and safety repairs and improvements to come at The Businessmen’s Club.

Hosted by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council, more than 160 people attended the event at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms to recognize the top commercial real-estate professionals of 2023.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones will headline the inaugural SmokeSlam barbecue contest. The lineup also includes rap, rock and funk.

“There’s already plenty of gas stations ... That’s not what the community has asked for. They’ve asked for investment in their community in terms of supportive items,” said a board member of Uplift Westwood.

Even more shoppers across the southeast will be able to find Memphis barbecue in their grocery stores soon.

Under new federal guidelines, one Memphis company will have to slash emissions and another seems to be in the process of shutting down. 

Sakura, a Japanese restaurant with three Shelby County locations, has added an extensive new section to its menu. 

The potential negative health consequences and disregard for community voices associated with this project demand national attention, as these unfounded “carbon management” projects are targeting Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities across the country.

There was an undeniable buzz inside the Memphis Zoo as attendees waited for the partial solar eclipse to hit its maximum percentage.

The Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip traveled to Sikeston, Missouri, to photograph the solar eclipse. From Missouri, the disk of the sun was covered 100% by the moon, as opposed to 97.7% in Memphis.

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Daily Memphian photographer Mark Weber photographed the eclipse, and those watching the eclipse, on Monday, April 8, 2024, at the University of Memphis and Overton Park.

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