Baker Aika Renzo opened Wagashi Japanese Bakery in November to fill a culinary void in Memphis.

St. Jude Memphis Marathon participants come from all 50 states and Puerto Rico as well as 75 countries.

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The $261 million project is expected to be completed by early 2027.

The race on Saturday, Dec. 2, will close roads across Downtown and Midtown, with some closures beginning Friday, Dec. 1.

AutoZone Park’s Deck the Diamond Holiday Spectacular features archways, reindeers, presents and trains lighting up the ballpark, glowing gold, white and purple.

The new restaurant opened on Front Street last month in the brick-and-steel maze that once held the William C. Ellis & Sons Ironworks & Machine Shop.

The bar at 605 N. Second St. will also serve smoothie bowls, freshly pressed juices, salads and wraps, as well as offering a grab-and-go section. 

The producers planning a May music festival in Tom Lee Park announced they are planning a barbecue contest there the same month — and at the same time as Memphis in May’s barbecue contest at Liberty Park.

The flyer features deals and discounts from 14 local businesses, including ARCHd, Boshi Botanicals, Everbloom Design, Shop Mucho and Mbabazi House of Style. 

The Downtown Memphis Commission and the Downtown Mobility Authority plan to host a kick off event at the end of the month to start exterior work. 

The slaying on Tennessee Street is the latest in city’s march toward another possible record year of homicides.

The restaurant would be on a 1.37-acre lot in Uptown near St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. There are plans for a dual-lane drive-thru, outdoor seating and parking.

Riverside Drive will reopen to traffic on Monday, Nov. 13, with some restrictions.

The goals of the new roundabout design are to reduce crashes, relieve congestion and provide route continuity for I-55.

Beginning in February or March of 2024, work at Beale Street Landing will also render the dock there unusable for most of next year. 

More than 50 Downtown restaurants are set to take part in this year’s Downtown Dining Week.

Wayne’s Candy Co. was founded back in 1947 and sells a variety of candies. “Where else can you pick up cases of jumbo Kit Kats and Hershey bars along with a fishbowl of Lemonheads and foot-long Pixy Stix?” 

“I was baptized for the most part figuratively in Memphis,” Terrence Howard said. “And I don’t mind dipping in the water again just to remember what was important.”

The building’s owner plans to change its rooftop sign, which reads “LYFE Kitchen,” with one that would read “The Chisca.”

“With this project, it was kinda different because a lot of times clients are trying to steer things toward more of a clean-cut look,” said artist Brandon Marshall. 

Residents from neighborhoods across the city expressed their opinions about crime and public safety during a series of conversations in this summer.

Memphian and HGTV star Carmeon Hamilton lost her mother to breast cancer two months before her wedding, and her husband, Marcus, was was killed in a motorcycle crash in August 2021. 

Deputies were notified “late last night” of her identification. 

The 169-year-old Mallory-Neely House will open again for Friday and Saturday tours beginning Nov. 3. 

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with what it called a “very unusual investigation” after a woman’s body was found on a barge in the Mississippi River.