A stretch of Riverside Drive will be closed to allow for the construction of what it is calling a road-diet conversion.

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple last month was set intentionally, the Memphis Fire Department said in an X post Wednesday afternoon.

The renovated European-style boutique hotel has been through many iterations, including a bordello, a bar, a recording studio and a bathhouse. 

Hear the birdsong, dance under a tree. Experience Memphis Gardens founder hopes to inspire locals to love their own yards. 

In less than a year, enter the Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time immersive playground on Mud Island to be transformed into the main characters in an open-world video game in a real-world space.

A friend doesn’t let a friend leave Swamp Bar without trying the restaurant’s chicken soup dumplings. 

The second day of Riverbeat Music Festival included performances from Cage the Elephant, Public Enemy, The Killers and more. 

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Calvary Episcopal Church will celebrate the reconstruction of its 1935 Aeolian-Skinner organ, which was nearly silenced by the 2023 theft of its pipes.

The collapse complicates efforts to preserve some part of the historic church that went up in flames April 28.

Anasa Troutman, the leader of the nonprofit directing the restoration of Clayborn Temple, said the building may be considered a “complete loss” by the Memphis Fire Department, but she said she isn’t using the term.

Firefighters will investigate the cause of the blaze but will also need to determine if any additional parts of the structure need to come down.

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“If history teaches us anything, it’s this: Clayborn Temple will rise again, because its foundation was never merely physical. It was spiritual. It was communal. And that foundation cannot be burned,” said NCRM President Russ Wigginton.

Downtown Memphis’ 63 artificial-intelligence-powered traffic cameras monitor activity down to the types of vehicles that pass through its streets daily and how fast they are going. The city plans to add about 200 additional cameras.

Rep. G.A. Hardaway, along with other Memphis lawmakers, expressed concern over the reductions and outright elimination of many Memphis organizations and programs.

Baron Von Opperbean and the River of Time received two grants Wednesday, April 16, to help build the immersive adventure museum at the former Mississippi River Museum on Mud Island.

Sunday’s shooting underscored a troubling week for gun violence in Memphis. There have been nine murders over the past seven days, according to the city’s Weekly Crime Trends report.

Evolve Pilates will open Saturday, May 17, at 605 N. Second St. beside Groovy Gratitude. 

Memphis Public Libraries marked the 1893 opening of the Cossitt on Saturday, April 12, with discussions of the history about public libraries in the city that touched on racial segregation and more.

The menu at the new Felicia Suzanne’s will feature all of the restaurant’s old favorites plus an expansion beyond Low Country fare. 

The clinic is the first of many to come in local YMCAs through a partnership with Greater Memphis Chamber.

A large, LED TV screen was set up under the Sunset Canopy at Tom Lee Park Friday, March 21, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for an NCAA Tournament watch party.

“It was a movement that reshaped our city and strengthened the legacy of our beloved institution,” said Christopher Davis, president of LeMoyne-Owen College.

Comeback Coffee and the adjacent Greenhaus were small businesses, but they represented a vision for what may be the “last frontier of Downtown Memphis.” 

The Downtown Memphis Commission’s Center City Development Corp. awarded the owner a $30,000 Retail Tenant Improvement Grant on Wednesday, March 19, for interior and exterior improvements.

The Flyway, a boardwalk and observation deck off the river, continued Tuesday, March 18, when work crews dug two 50-foot holes and filled them with reinforced concrete.