Jo Ann Street devoted much of her life to ensuring that those in her North Memphis neighborhood — particularly the children — had access to beautiful, safe green spaces to swim, play or just take a quiet moment to think.

On Friday, July 31, Morgan Powers retired after working at the Memphis Zoo for more than half a century. Here’s a look at his long and exciting career. 

The Nineteenth Century Cub building at 1433 Union Ave., which was built as a private home in 1909, is on the market for $3.8 million.

Coffee potheads have a new place to go in Midtown. And so do the matcha lovers in Downtown.

What started as a routine Saturday patrol turned into a three-hour race against time as Memphis Police Department officers worked alongside emergency-communications personnel to rescue a man trapped in the currents of Cypress Creek.

The breakfast and lunch diner has a new weekday morning special, “Grumpy Hour,” offering customers any menu entree, except the steak and eggs, plus drip coffee for only $10 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

The number of people visiting Downtown is holding at about 85% of pre-COVID numbers, according to the Downtown Memphis Commission.

Also in this edition of Inked: American Deli may be taking over a former Wendy’s restaurant in the Wolfchase area, and an HVAC company bought a Southeast Memphis building.

County Commissioner Charlie Caswell Jr. says the ShelbyCares health hub, a partnership between UTHSC and county government, will help “break that generational curse” in North Memphis.

The Pasadena, California-based hot chicken chain will occupy one of the five suites in the former 15,000-square-foot corner space that housed Spin Street before it closed in 2017.

Grant & Co. pulled construction permits for The Levee, an estimated $40 million development with 300 units spread across 11 buildings.

The estimated $7 million renovation became possible as part of a $60 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help areas affected by the 2011 floods.

MSCS leaders ramped up chronic absenteeism interventions this past year, aiming to reduce chronic absenteeism rates for the first time since 2017.

Renovations have been approved for the “Old” Daisy Theater on Beale Street after a June 2025 electrical fire.

Charles Phillips takes a break at Mud Island Marina from the Huck Finn journey that’s been exciting, enlightening, and on occasion terrifying.

Ballet Memphis holds an open house to showcase all it offers to the community. Besides dance for adults and kids, there’s Pilates and classes for Parkinson’s patients.

This week on “The Sidebar,” the principal of Constellation Properties, Stuart Harris, and the executive director of HiFi Memphis, Mersadies Burch, join Eric Barnes to talk about the scope and scale of the Downtown project. 

Plus, a 14-year-old wing spot has opened its “bigger, better” location in Collierville. 

The marker unveiled Wednesday is about the past but also the present push to restore and renovate the Klondike area where Lee lived out his life after he saved the lives of 32 people on the Mississippi River in 1925.

After a local cocktail bar lost its liquor license in May, its revenues plummeted at least 75%.

One agribusiness giant is adding to its local presence while another is reducing its footprint.

All of the Hardee’s restaurants in Memphis are closed except for one. These closed locations have been sold or are under contract.

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors markets historic Front Street building, FI Real Estate Capital Management makes second local purchase and North Carolina investors buy East Memphis Bojangles for $3 million.

Private development at Liberty Park has stalled, and the City of Memphis is looking to end its contract with the joint venture managing the project.

Darrin Pigram, 41, who was shot and killed on May 13, was being sought on a warrant for charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and a weapons violation.