The Orange Mound Initiative task force continued to define its plan to improve economic conditions in the neighborhood, and the transfer of Land Bank properties is seen an important early step. 

Participating students will visit eight colleges in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. 

Food at participating restaurants ranges from West African to smoothies and wraps. 

In 2018, the group of parents embarked on a courtyard renovation at White Station High School.

“In Orange Mound, if you have space, you have power. Juice Orange Mound is about giving people power in Orange Mound,” the organization’s founder Britney Thornton said.

Since 1992, $1.7 million has been awarded to 69 educators in Tennessee via the Milken Educator Awards.

Hundreds of fans visited Graceland to celebrate the King of Rock 'n' Roll's birthday, a celebration that will continue with events through Friday, Jan. 11.

The event's purpose, according to Southwest president Tracy D. Hall, was to talk with elected officials about "what we do and what we need.”

The new school merges the student populations of nearby schools Goodlett Elementary and Knight Road Elementary. 

Westwood coach Chris Adams fulfills a dream with the encouragement of his mom.

After unsuccessful attempts to open a brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Whitehaven, two Memphis men are now selling their coffee brand directly to consumers. 

The city's investment of at least $100,000 is just the beginning of support Whitehaven area residents will see, the Office of Comprehensive Planning indicated.

Calvin Lacy applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness for his project in the Rozelle-Annesdale Historic District on Lamar Avenue. 

LeMoyne-Owen College’s interim president is pleased with feedback from the school's accreditation body.

Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.

A $300,000 project will expand a donor call center for ALSAC on the college’s campus that first opened in March 2018. 

Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors. 

Calvin Lacy said he is working to get a 501(c)3 for his organization, The Lacy Foundation, which would be housed at 1657 Lamar. Its mission is to elevate the community both intellectually and economically.

Muggin' Coffeehouse was one of two building permit applications filed recently for Whitehaven. 

Film director Tom Shadyac opened the indoor rock-climbing gym in March 2018. It is now offering a vegan brunch every third Sunday adjacent to its "Juice Almighty" juice bar. 

Organizations and businesses in several Memphis neighborhoods are employing different tactics to encourage holiday consumers to shop there.

Memphis organizations held youth-focused Global Entrepreneurship Week events. 

Residents of Soulsville in South Memphis will come together Saturday to welcome the holiday season with an event that includes music, hot cocoa and the lighting of a Christmas tree.

An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."

Claudette Boyd, president of the Orange Mound Parade Committee, said the effort will ensure Orange Mound “is not left out of the (holiday) celebration.”