In Shelby County, 1,120 total sales were recorded for July compared to last July’s 1,819 units — a 38.4% decrease. The average sales price was $292,978, an 11% increase from $263,922.

A popular Memphis coffee shop is opening its second location — and it will give fans of Shelby Farms a way to order from anywhere in the park. 

The Lisieux Community’s drop-in center, which offers hot showers, warm meals, clean clothes and a safe place for rest for a while, is at risk of closing its doors after a series of costly repairs.

Owner Rick Spell, who opened the location in October 2019, has long planned to renovate the site, but the pandemic halted those plans.

“It’s gotten to be such a big deal where we’re going to put it that we’ve decided to put it somewhere else,” said Joe Lowery, market general manager for owner Northstar Memorial Group.

The new location at 734 Mt. Moriah Road is across from Gus’s Fried Chicken and along the same stretch as The Urban Gardener, Gibson’s Donuts and Garibaldi’s Pizza. 

At Red Koi’s upcoming Highland Street location, there will be a few tables for diners but the main focus will be as a take-out location. 

Since the neighboring Coming Attractions clothing store space became available, the restaurant is expanding with an area dedicated to carry-out orders.

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.

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. 

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.

As a 21-year-old housekeeper at Gould’s, Eunice Boddie got up the courage to ask her boss in 1955 if she could be a hair stylist instead. Today she’s celebrating her 68th consecutive year of working with the company. 

Elise Dessert Co. is celebrating its grand opening in the University District. The shop features banana pudding made with owner Bria Walls’ family recipe.

With the opening of his second Elwood’s Shack location at 4040 Park Ave. delayed until mid-July, Tim Bednarski realized he had more tomatoes than he could handle.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. 

Gina Harris, the Botanic Garden’s director of education and events said the venue has grown “by leaps and bounds” in the last 20 years, adding new gardens and areas, as well as communities served.

Huitlacoche is a Mexican delicacy, and it’s absolutely delicious. It’s also a black mold that grows on corn, but don’t let that stop you.

More than 80% of the 840 UMC churches — and 87% of the members — in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference have chosen to remain with the United Methodist Church.

McNary’s leadership produced two big faculty awards, high test scores and a neighborhood that knows her by her smile and Mustang convertible.

A Memphis documentary, “Me and the Light,” inspired the school curriculum Grounded that has touched hundreds. 

A Mississippi couple has filed a lawsuit against Houston’s Restaurant and their managers after they say they were asked to leave due to what they say was racial profiling.

Christ Church Memphis members mourn the death of Stephen Pearl, director of the church’s facilities, who was attacked outside his home.

Memphis Police Department officers responded to a call Monday night at the hospital about two shooting victims who had arrived in a private vehicle. Shortly after, police pursued suspects who were breaking into a vehicle.