A weekend pop-up at clinic Oct. 19-20 at Neighborhood Christian Center will offer general medical exams, dental cleanings, extractions, eye exams and prescription glasses made on-site. 

The 33rd annual Freedom Awards went to Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, Howard University professor and attorney Sherrilyn Ifill and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton.

The project leaders of the redevelopment of the former Northside High School in Memphis’ oldest Black community announced on Thursday, Oct. 17, that the residential financials have closed. 

“This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Spooky season is well underway, and there are more pumpkin patches, haunted houses and pop-ups than you can shake your broomstick at. 

The Greenline will grow to nearly 13 miles when the last planned extension eastward is complete in fall 2025.

A new video game store joins the existing stretch of businesses just east of the intersection of Cooper & Young, which includes 901 Toys, 901 Comics and Goner Records. 

Memphis has the only urban park system in Tennessee to receive accreditation through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies.

Boba Boba Life is open, and Taco Cabana is considering expanding to Memphis. Pearl’s Coffee & Tea House is opening on Peabody next to Kura House.

When Joshua Carlucci saw pork ceviche on the menu, he knew it was his duty to order it along with the regular fish ceviche and compare the two.

The little house on Cooper Street has reincarnated yet again, this time as La Roche, a Lebanese-Armenian restaurant.

A DMC board approved bonds to loan Memphis the millions needed to buy and maintain the Sheraton Memphis Downtown hotel, renovate AutoZone Park and update the 100 N. Main parking garage.

The Bulldogs take over the top spot in Class 2A; Covington, Collierville, Lausanne, Southwind, Munford and Bolton are also ranked in this week’s poll.

A teenager is in critical condition after officers shot him while responding to a prowler call early Monday morning, Oct. 7.

Memphis October performances include Agatha Christie, Disney, “Moulin Rouge” and the music of Bob Dylan.

The program hasn’t been without controversy, though. In 2023, Memphis Reads officials chose the book “His Name Is George Floyd” by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.

The deli will provide hot sandwiches, salads, soups and grab-and-go items on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the former Big River Market space at 516 Tennessee St.

XAI is set to lease a site via CTC Property LLC, a California LLC affiliated with the Elon Musk company.

Zinnie’s is back open with a new look and menu, Newk’s is targeting the Memphis area for three additional stores and Second Street Taco & Tequila and DWJ Midtown have closed. 

“It’s a major honor,” Rogers said. “I never expected nothing like that to be in my historical background. But it definitely is a good feeling.”

After funding delays and worries that a proposed science, technology, engineering and mathematic lab for Whitehaven High would never happen, officials held a second ceremonial groundbreaking for the $9 million project.

“This flyway provides (an) opportunity to get closer to the river, to see a natural habitat and to enjoy the quietness of this area of the park,” Memphis River Parks Partnership COO Art Davis said.

After winning five games in 2023, the Mustangs have already matched that total heading into an important Week 7 region showdown against Bolton.

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Enjoy the Nightmare on Union Avenue (a new-ish fall festival with an alpaca selfie station), Alchemy’s wine dinner, lots of beer at Cooper-Young — and save room for more.

The $12.8 million University Crime Information Center is a place where officers can monitor, in real-time, a network of more than 1,200 cameras spread around the school’s campuses.