Memphis Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib likens the coming changes in two well-known Catholic schools with long histories to a nova.

“Later this spring we will reshape Memphis Catholic High School and Bishop Byrne High School into one entity,” Steib said in a recorded announcement Thursday, Jan. 24, as the closing of Bishop Byrne at the end of the current school year was announced. “Like the stars of the universe – a nova that implodes creates more stars – Memphis Catholic and Bishop Byrne have reached their peaks and will now help to build a model diocesan school. The best of Bishop Byrne and Memphis Catholic will be used to create the new star.”

2. Bishop Byrne School To Close - Friday, January 25, 2013

The Memphis Catholic Diocese will close Bishop Byrne High School in Whitehaven at the end of the current school year.

Memphis Catholic Schools superintendent Janet Donato announced the closing Thursday, Jan. 24, as she also announced plans to attract many of the 170 students from Bishop Byrne to Memphis Catholic Middle and High School in Midtown.

3. Teens Awaken in Broadway Musical - Monday, March 05, 2012

Love and flowers aren’t the only things that bloom in spring, at least according to an award-winning Broadway musical premiering at Circuit Playhouse in March.

In “Spring Awakening,” teenagers’ natural urges and unanswered questions combine in a rush of rock music to spell out the drama of becoming an adult.

4. Buoni’s Company Lights The Way for Businesses - Monday, February 20, 2012

It seems Nick Buoni started the right kind of business at just the right time.

Customers concerned about their carbon footprints are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental and cost savings associated with LED (light-emitting diode) lighting.

5. Binkley Promoted to VP at Boyle - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Les Binkley has been promoted to vice president at Boyle Investment Co.

Hometown: Memphis

6. Theatre Memphis Delves Into Real Estate - Monday, September 26, 2011

David Mamet’s profane and powerful “Glengarry Glen Ross” gets a sharply edged treatment at Theatre Memphis’ Next Stage.

7. Tennessee Native Earl Keister Joins Thompson & Co. - Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Earl Keister has joined Thompson & Co. as creative director.

Hometown: Knoxville

Education: University of Tennessee, Portfolio Center

Work Experience: Fifteen years in the advertising field. I’m like Johnny Cash: I’ve been everywhere.

8. Builder Optimistic About C’ville Subdivision - Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Starting homes in the middle of January – and in the middle of a housing slowdown – might not seem like the wisest approach, but John Worley said the stars are aligned right as he begins the second phase of the Woodgrove Subdivision in Collierville.

9. Circuit City Ripples Go Beyond Vacancies, Layoffs - Thursday, February 05, 2009

Circuit City will finally flicker out when its last 567 stores close this year, but the bankruptcy of the nation's second-largest electronics retailer will ripple across the U.S. economy for years.

10. Methodist Le Bonheur's Wade Becomes First to Achieve BCIA Certification - Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Deanne Wade has become the first therapist in the tri-state area (Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi) to become certified through the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) in pelvic muscle dysfunction biofeedback. Wade is a physical therapist and supervisor in incontinence and pelvic rehabilitation at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital.

11. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, September 11, 2003
Law

County Seeks Major Government Conference

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

In the end, John Fowlkes Jr. believes all it will take is one visit, maybe aided by a slab or two of ribs and a filet of catfish.

Fowlkes, chief administrative of...