“(Overton’s) values align with ours: to help bring out the gift of music that lives within all students,” said a Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation representative.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young convened a discussion with local gang members with the help of 901 Bloc Squad and Heal 901, two of the city’s violence intervention programs.

“Customers have been asking us for the past two years to be open after they get off work,” Eggxactly Breakfast and Deli owner Wendell Jackson said. “I didn’t want to overwork my employees, but they agreed to Fridays and Saturdays.”

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a charitable organization to support military veterans, has applied to the Land Use Control Board to turn a WoodSpring Suites into a multifamily apartment residence for veterans. 

Fabiola’s Kitchen is closing, but Simply Fabulous Catering is still going strong. Also, Bojangles might open in Cordova, and Starbucks near Highland Street is getting a new look. 

For two decades, the city’s return on its investment into the overnight river cruise industry has gone up and down — and it looks to be falling again. 

The museum will be a repository of Klondike’s memories, including the untold stories of the people who shaped it, starting with Tom Lee himself.

Crosstown Concourse might get an indoor event center on an unused surface parking lot following approval from the Land Use Control Board meeting on March 14. 

Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will emerge together in the U.S. for the first time in 221 years. Memphis, however, won’t see cicadas outside of our normal ones until 2028. 

In 2009, Memphians Robert Zufall and Jason McElhaney met while working at Humdingers. Now, the pair own the business. 

“My philosophy was always to be a resource. I always wanted to be the person that you go to solve the thing. And that’s how I positioned myself throughout my career,” said Chandell Ryan. 

Federal tax filings show Memphis Tourism spent about 85% of the money it received over the past five years as it sits on a cash pile. Convention and visitor bureaus promoting larger cities — Atlanta, Nashville and San Diego — have different spending habits.

At The Kent, Memphians tasted food from 25 local restaurants and caterers for Youth Villages’ 35th annual Soup Sunday. Proceeds from the event benefit the nonprofit’s LifeSet program. 

In honor of National Hot Breakfast Month, The Daily Memphian’s guide to a hot breakfast is heavy on local and family-owned and -operated restaurants. 

Sauced by WS is moving from Southaven to Raleigh, Little Jamaica opens in Wolfchase Galleria and Jack’s opens its first location in Memphis. 

In a wide-ranging interview with The Daily Memphian, the new mayor also talked about the need to keep suspects accused of violent crime in jail, what will happen with the Sheraton hotel and the latest documents released related to Tyre Nichols' death.

Rory Thomas, the president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

A local Spanish teacher is running as a Democrat for District 83 in the Tennessee House. The seat is currently held by Rep. Mark White, who is expected to be the main sponsor of the school voucher bill.

Despite last year’s declining inventory, there were 3,319 houses on the market in January, up 3.1% from December and 19% from January 2023.

“Thousands of families across our metropolitan area face food instability, and this event offers our congregation and the Jewish community at-large an opportunity to assist in addressing this pressing issue,” said Rabbi Ian Lichter. 

Hundreds of billions of dollars in federal money is available to combat environmental challenges, but there are concerns that neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by pollution won’t see their share of the funding.

This year, the organization’s staff, four Memphis Police officers and about 20 kids in attendance used the coming holiday to send a message. 

Keith Humphrey is former chief of police in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The former Heisman Trophy runner-up and Super Bowl champion is this year’s Distinguished Citizen award winner.

Ten Baptist Urgent Care Centers opened their doors on Monday, Feb. 12, in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, and another clinic is scheduled to open in Mid-March.