Back in 2008, Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” had Lou Martin of Uncle Lou’s Fried Chicken in tears.

The Zion Community Project’s annual cleanup and wreath-laying ceremony at Memphis’ oldest Black graveyard memorializes victims of the 1892 People’s Grocery Lynching. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with gang members last week and asked for a “truce.” But you know what’s better than a truce? Giving kids an alternative to joining gangs in the first place. That’s where Memphis Rox comes in. And it could use your support.

If Memphis Mayor Paul Young had any doubts that crime is the most prevalent issue with Memphians, those doubts didn’t last long Tuesday, Feb. 27, at his first in a series of “One Memphis” town hall meetings.

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“Customers have been asking us for the past two years to be open after they get off work,” Eggxactly Breakfast and Deli owner Wendell Jackson said. “I didn’t want to overwork my employees, but they agreed to Fridays and Saturdays.”

“There’s a ton of resources in Memphis that are yet to be tapped into,” Jarnell Stokes said. “I would like to see my city become an entertainment hub, that reaches far beyond just basketball and hip-hop.”

Past tribute artist contest winners performed their favorite Elvis gospel songs backed up by the Graceland-endorsed EAS Band. 

After a career that shifted into marketing, publicity and non-profit management, this moment has brought Deanie Parker full circle, back to her beginnings as a singer and a songwriter. 

Participating gyms will provide free, 50-minute group fitness classes that are beginner-friendly and suitable for residents ages 16 and up. 

An Italianate home in South Memphis and an early middle-class housing complex in Midtown have been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

Boston-based Charles River Laboratories manufactures clinical and commercial cell and gene-modified cell therapies at its Shelby Drive facility. 

Fueled by a desire help children fulfill their educational potential as well as developing a relationship with God, Howard Eddings willed the Opportunity Zone into existence.

At the birthday celebration, Joel Weinshanker presented an acetate record of Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama,” which was the late singer’s first commercial recording. 

Based in Tacoma, Washington, Stellar Industrial Supply distributes more than 90,000 maintenance, repair and operation products and tools from more than 1,500 brands for metalworking, safety, marine supply and other industries. 

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.