Phoenix Investors acquires and renovates former manufacturing facilities nationwide. The vacant Memphis Electrolux plant is next on its list. 

Viara Viara, owner of a plant-based manufacturing business, is doing her part to make the vegan lifestyle accessible to everyone by opening Wholey Goods in Whitehaven. “I want other people to experience what I’ve experienced..” 

Following last year’s Winter Storm Elliott and mandatory, rolling blackouts, the TVA has invested about $123 million to prepare its equipment for extreme weather. 

“About three years ago, the railroad tore out the tracks and then they just stopped taking care of it, and that’s how we got it,” said Brendan Duffy. “I just kept emailing and calling around to different people, and they sent me a lease.”

What was once Melrose High School will reopen in the fall as both a public library and senior housing. On Monday, Orange Mound community leaders got a sneak peek. 

Alfonzo Turner, owner of Tha Table, was shot Sunday, Oct. 29, outside of his restaurant, 3250 Elvis Presley Blvd., and later died in the hospital. Another man was found dead from a gunshot wound in his car at the same scene. 

More than 30 local business will participate in Small Biz Saturday at Whitehaven’s Georgette & Cato Johnson YMCA.

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

The federally owned utility is exploring an idea to install six new aeroderivative combustion turbine units in southwest Memphis. 

Whitehaven Elementary and Whitehaven High schools went on a precautionary lockdown as police investigated an off-campus shooting Wednesday afternoon.

Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corp. leaders say the mall, that once held 60 stores, can again be an anchor for the Whitehaven community.

“She had that quiet strength,” State Rep. G.A. Hardaway said of the first female federal parole officer in the Western District of Tennessee, who was also influential in the historic Glenview neighborhood. 

The underground fall-out shelter in the gated Lion’s Gate community was built in the early 1960s by Memphis radio and television pioneer Hoyt Wooten.

Before being named lead the Magicians, Harris was head basketball coach at his former high school, Booker T. Washington, for almost a decade.

The tour is designed to showcase the stories enshrined at Elmwood. In the case of Robert Church and Boss Crump, it shows the vast difference in lives of two men from Holly Springs, Miss. 

The attorney representing Sterilization Services said in a recent letter that the company will leave its Florida Street facility before next May. 

Miguel Andrade, 16, is now indicted on charges of carjacking and employing a firearm with intent to commit a felony. 

Herman Hollins-Brown, 41, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of abuse of a corpse and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.

Joshua Carlucci reports he’s found a good reason to drive from his house all the way to southeast Memphis besides Costco, and that reason is ZamZamz Mediterranean Grill.

Movies could be just the start for Westwood as the City of Memphis and community leaders hope to bring new government offices and more businesses to the neighborhood.

One of the projects that has long been announced by Horizon, but has yet to move forward, is a development called Kirby Pointe Apartments, which has had its own issues and legal battles.

“The history justified the naming of the clubhouse and then recognizing those pioneering African American golfers.”

This year, Elvis Week festivities will include music, panels, contests, screenings and ceremonies celebrating the lives of Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley.

The court announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it’s partnering with a residential boarding school “designed to train young boys to excel in academics and athletics.”