Kroger’s Memphis-area shoppers might not have noticed, but the supermarket chain is paying more attention to them these days.

The high-tech proof doesn’t necessarily call attention to itself, but that’s not to say it’s not hidden, either. Television screens mounted near the front of its Memphis stores are a product of Kroger making a big investment a few years ago in new infrared camera technology.

2. Kroger Plans $100 Million Overhaul of Stores - Thursday, April 25, 2013

The footprint of the city’s dominant grocery store will undergo a facelift worth tens of millions of dollars over the next five years.

Kroger’s Memphis-based Delta Division, which operates 115 Kroger grocery stores and 70 fuel centers in five states, is pumping $100 million into its portfolio.

3. Spirited Debate - Monday, February 04, 2013

The accessibility of wine for Tennessee residents could soon increase tenfold. 

State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and state Rep. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, introduced on Thursday, Jan. 31, their bills – SB0837 and HB0610, respectively – to end the exclusive right of liquor stores to sell wine in Tennessee.

4. Tigers Must Stay on Right Path to Reach Potential - Friday, January 04, 2013

Depending on your perspective, it was lavish praise that spoke to the Tigers’ potential still there for the realizing and great NCAA Tournament victories still there for the taking.

Or, depending on your perspective, it was an unintentional indictment of a college basketball team that so far has majored in underachievement and of a basketball equation where the sum is always less than its individual parts.

5. Midtown Momentum - Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Midtown real estate market has long been an anomaly compared to its Bluff City counterparts, with fundamentals as diverse as its demographics.

“The types of real estate that you’ll find in Midtown can be some of the most expensive or some of the most modest when it comes to prices and facility,” said Gary Myers of Gary Myers Co. “Retail in particular.”

6. Gen X Inks State’s First Location on Austin Peay - Friday, November 16, 2012

A trendy Vernon, Calif.-based retailer has inked its first Tennessee location in Austin Peay Plaza.

Gen X Clothing Inc. signed a 35,000-square-foot lease at 3252 Austin Peay Highway. The space was formerly occupied by Big Lots.

7. Kroger Midtown Expansion Gets Mixed Reaction - Wednesday, September 26, 2012

While the expansion of Kroger’s Midtown store is still in the early stages, the effects are apparent in the surrounding community.

Kroger Delta Division earlier this month bought the Belvedere Apartments for $2.6 million. It then purchased the Kroger store on Union Avenue that it was leasing from Art Seessels’ family, as well as two adjacent parcels for a combined $4.6 million, bringing Kroger’s ownership of property in the area from South Idlewild Street to LeMaster Street along Union.

8. MAAR Elects Board Members - Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Members of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors elected six individuals to the 2013-2014 board of directors at its annual meeting and election Sept. 6.

They are: 2013 director/2014 vice president Patty Rainey of Crye-Leike Inc. Realtors; 2013-2014 directors Cassandra Bell-Warren of 4 Success Realty LLC, Allen Green of John Green & Co. Realtors, Joe Steffner of Grubb & Ellis/Memphis, and Hank Hogue of Crye-Leike; and 2013-2014 associate director Jason Gaia of Prudential Collins-Maury Inc.

9. MED Foundation Announces Gala Lineup - Wednesday, February 01, 2012

The MED Foundation has announced the lineup for its upcoming gala, “Med Night, A Soul Celebration – Soul Food, Soulful Sounds and The Soul Train Scramble Board.”

Thelma Houston, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The 5th Dimension are slated to perform at the event, which will take place March 31 at The Peabody hotel.

10. Fight Fair and We All Win - Friday, January 27, 2012

OKAY, PEOPLE, BREAK IT UP. Are you ready to rumble?

If Terry Roland and the whole Shelby County Commission really do get into it, is it even possible they could get hit hard enough to knock some sense into the whole body?

11. Grocery Shakeup - Friday, September 16, 2011

Despite facing stiff competition in Memphis from discount chains and department stores that have wedged rows and rows of cheap grocery offerings into their inventories, The Kroger Co. is feeling good about its position here.

12. Special Coverage: Mid-South Flooding - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Coverage of the rising waters in the Memphis area

Police Manually Checking Memphis River Gauge

The gauge that is the official measurement of the Mississippi River at Memphis has been on the blink since last week as the river has approached historic levels.

13. Take Heart - Thursday, February 10, 2011

Memphis artist Mary Long Postal is frequently asked to donate her work to raise funds for worthy causes.

But as a survivor of child abuse, she finds it especially important to support Saturday’s Works of Heart Valentine Auction at Memphis College of Art, benefiting the Memphis Child Advocacy Center.

14. EMHC Moving to Appling Farms, Doubling in Size - Friday, December 17, 2010

Emergency Mobile Health Care is more than doubling the size of its Memphis corporate headquarters.

EMHC has signed a 14,200-square-foot lease at 6972 Appling Farms Parkway. EMHC currently occupies 6,900 square feet at 5071 Wilfong Road, and also has an office in Jackson, Tenn.

15. Kroger to Build Store In Poplar Plaza - Tuesday, September 14, 2010

3444 Plaza Ave.
Memphis, TN 38111
Permit Amount: $10 Million

Project Cost: n/a
Permit Date: Applied September 2010
Completion: n/a
Owner: Kroger, Delta Division
Tenant: Kroger
Contractor: n/a
Architect: n/a

16. Unsung Heroes - Monday, April 19, 2010

It’s often said that Memphis takes its musical talent for granted.

That certainly wasn’t true Thursday night at Studio on the Square, where an overflow crowd celebrated the Bar-Kays, the Stax back-up band and funkmasters who’ve survived tragedy and setbacks during their 40-year career.

17. Tenn. Rep. Donna Rowland Not Seeking Re-Election - Friday, April 02, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The list of Tennessee House members not seeking re-election grew longer on Thursday with Republican Rep. Donna Rowland's announcement she plans to retire after a decade of service.

18. Chen Comes ‘Full Circle’ As Symphony’s New Conductor - Friday, March 05, 2010

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra officially handed the baton to its fourth music director Feb. 22 in a brief welcome assembly of musicians, arts patrons and local government leaders at The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.

19. Visible School Names Ellis To Modern Music Ministry Faculty - Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Bill Ellis has been hired to the Visible School faculty in the Modern Music Ministry program.

Ellis will teach guitar, the history of pop music and hands-on courses in world music and ethnomusicology.

20. Treadway Joins Thomas & Betts as Senior VP for Electrical Business - Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Charles L. Treadway has joined Thomas & Betts Corporation in the newly created position of senior vice president, group president – electrical. Treadway will provide strategic and operational leadership to the company’s electrical products businesses on a global basis. The electrical segment of Thomas & Betts has approximately 60 manufacturing and distribution facilities in 11 countries and employs approximately 8,000 associates worldwide. The electrical segment reported $2.1 billion in revenues in 2008. Treadway previously served as president and chief executive officer for the Custom Sensors and Technology unit of Schneider Electric.

21. Rosa Becomes GM at Holiday Inn-Wolfchase - Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Chris Rosa has been named general manger of the Holiday Inn and Suites Memphis-Wolfchase. Rosa will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the property. He previously served as vice president of operations for Equity Estates, general manger at the Sheraton Meadowlands and area manger of the Crowne Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta. Rosa also has been named General Manager of the Year by Patriot American Hotels and Hotelier of the Year by the Connecticut Hospitality Association.

22. Influence 1 Foundation Names Hartsfield COO - Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Felicia Hartsfield has been named chief operating officer of Influence 1 Foundation.

Hartsfield will oversee the continued stability and growth of the foundation’s fiscal, strategic, organizational and operational functions. Her duties also will include building and maintaining relationships with community leaders, as well as creating collaborations, which will enhance the foundation’s strategic model.

23. Hickory Hill Residents Complain of Slow Storm Response - Tuesday, February 12, 2008

There was no looting last week in Hickory Hill, the section of Southeast Memphis hit harder than any other place in the city by a swarm of tornadoes that devastated a five-state region. So said Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin at a weekend meeting with about 60 area residents. "There was none," he stressed.

24. Crichton Hosts Golf Classic To Benefit Athletics Department - Monday, August 21, 2006

Aug. 21

The first Crichton College Golf Classic benefiting the Crichton Comets athletics department is at 1 p.m. at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind, 3225 Club at Southwind. Registration, along with a light lunch and putting clinic, begins at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $150 and sponsorship opportunities are available. Visit www.crichton.edu or call 320-9700.

25. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Rotary Club Presents Public Servant Awards

Rotary Club Names Public Servant Award Winners

The Rotary Club of Memphis East selected Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons and chief administrative officer of the Shelby County Registers Off...

26. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, April 14, 2004
The Daily News has hired Don Fancher as the Advertising Sales Director

Baptist-DeSoto Names New Administrator

Randy King was named administrator and chief executive officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. He was previously vice president ...

27. Archived Article: Council (lead) - Thursday, June 05, 2003
Council votes down Whitehaven apartments

Council votes down Whitehaven apartments

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

The Memphis City Council voted 11-2 Tuesday against a multifamily residential planned development in Whitehaven, concurring w...

28. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, March 28, 2003
Risky business

Risky business

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

It was her new, or different, way of tackling problems as a social worker that led Pearson Uhlhorn Crutcher into a circle of individuals who make their livings by thinking creat...

29. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Food Bank Creates New Coordinator Position

Food Bank Appoints Nutrition Education Coordinator Hattie Clark was appointed to The Food Banks newly created position of nutrition education/Kids Cafe coordinator. Clark oversees education and safe food...

30. Archived Article: Soda (lead) - Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Fountain, pharmacy blend in recipe for success Fountain, pharmacy blends in recipe for success

BY ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

When pharmacist Charles Smith was teaching at UT Memphis, colleagues said, Youre not supposed to have a soda founta...

31. Archived Article: H&r (lead) - Friday, December 27, 2002
More tax stores open to meet customer demand

More tax stores open to meet customer demand

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

The gleeful holiday shopping season soon will be replaced with the brooding tax season.

In the Memphis area, one b...

32. Archived Article: Govt Briefs - Friday, June 28, 1996
The Memphis/Shelby County Industrial Development Board has approved a 13-year payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program for an expansion of Cargills corn wet milling plant on Presidents Island. The expansion will involve a capital investment of close...

33. Archived Article: Gov Focus - Friday, December 29, 1995
12/29 gov. focus Local leaders join national movement opposing budget-cutting policies, push for resolution to budget crisis. By DIANA BELL The Daily News A group of local legislators and civic leaders participated in a nationwide movement Thursday,...