“I decided I was gonna sell some lipstick,” Angelita Parham recalls. “I put them on Facebook and, honey, they sold out in the first day.”

In Tennessee, the Peach Cobbler Factory has 17 new locations planned, which will bring the number of venues in the state to 20. 

The “in-the-clouds thinker” and Memphis designer has audience of millions on Facebook and Instagram with his DIY decorating videos.

As demand for overnight river cruises on the Mississippi increases, the industry also faces increasing climate threats. Recent years have seen wild swings between heavy rainfall and severe drought, making the river tougher to navigate.

As residents assembled outside the Westwood community center, local and state leaders called for government action against gun violence. “Our state legislature needs a sense of urgency to address this problem through appropriate legislation.”

Overnight cruises returned to the Mississippi River a decade ago, and many passengers say the river’s storied past is part of the draw. But what history do they learn, and how?

A new tasting room hopes to put New Chicago on the map.

With the return of river travel, three companies are currently offering overnight cruises on the Mississippi while nearby cities look to cash in. 

Democratic state Rep. Justin J. Pearson, who was expelled from the General Assembly but re-appointed by the County Commission, faces independent candidate Jeff Johnston for the House seat. 

Tennessee officials approved just under $718 million to rebuild the state’s technical colleges on Thursday.

An affiliate of Gulf Coast Commercial Management, 210 Development bought the 450,000-square-foot office and retail center in 2022 for $49.1 million. 

Carol Coletta, president and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, has been named one of the 100 most influential urban planning experts, past or present.

The walk will start and end at Westwood Community Center, 810 Western Park Drive, on Saturday, July 15.

A new set of stars like the Orpheum’s are on display near Beale Street.

In 2022, AOD Properties was awarded a $60,000 Exterior Improvement Grant from the Downtown Memphis Commission to renovate the building at 154 G.E. Patterson Ave. 

In advance of the legislature’s special session, the former Shelby County District Attorney and head of Tennessee’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security argues for a series of changes to the state’s gun laws.

In a storefront window at the corner of Madison Avenue and Second Street, two women can be seen sewing, stitching, laughing and — excuse the pun — cutting up as they make sure Memphians have perfectly tailored clothing.

In the summer before his first season in charge at Whitehaven High, former Memphis point guard Willie Kemp will coach the Beale Street Boys in The Basketball Tournament.

The free class at the corner of Mississippi and Danny Thomas boulevards was one of a four-part series this summer offering yoga outdoors, each near a different work of public art. 

Most notably, the eastern portion of the building will consist of a new tower that ties into the original frontage on Main Street.

The splash pad opened Wednesday, July 5, to dozens of children in North Memphis putting it through its paces.

Jimmy Gentry’s The Lobbyist recently opened its new patio complete with a full-service bar and will begin taking reservations for its chef’s table this month.

Amro Music first opened shop in Memphis in 1921, surviving the Great Depression a decade later by trading milk and eggs for piano lessons. Today it’s the largest piano, band and orchestra dealer in the Mid-South.

“With the 75th anniversary of the event being next year, we are expecting a very large turnout, and I am already looking forward to it,” one resident said.

“Each neighborhood in Memphis is so unique. This area is very charming in general and to be able to just walk down ... to this parade elevates July Fourth for us a little bit.”