Baptist Operation Outreach and Soles4Souls offered assistance to those less fortunate, providing health care services, food and clothing to the homeless, at annual events held during the Thanksgiving holiday.

2. Nursing Home Owner Files $13 Million Loan - Tuesday, July 24, 2012

3549 Norriswood Ave.
Memphis, TN 38111

Loan Amount: $13 million

Loan Date: July 13, 2012

3. Amsdell Cos. Buys Two Storage Facilities - Thursday, July 19, 2012

Cleveland-based Amsdell Cos. has bought a pair of storage facilities from Memphis Storage Group LLC for a combined $4.2 million.

4. No Deal: NBA Cancels First Two Weeks of Season - Wednesday, October 12, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – Two weeks of NBA games are lost. Many more could be in jeopardy.

There's a "gulf" that separates owners and players, and they will have to close it quickly to avoid further damage to the schedule.

5. Company Helps Baptist Give Eyeglasses to Homeless - Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Davis Vision has begun providing free eyeglasses to homeless people who receive medical care through Baptist Operation Outreach.

About 250 people showed up to have their vision checked and receive health screenings Friday when the company from Plainview, N.Y., and Baptist kicked off the program.

6. Here Comes the Sun: Memphis’ cut of the state’s solar energy plan - Monday, July 20, 2009

The Sharp Manufacturing plant in Hickory Hill has always been a symbol as much as a working part of the city’s economic infrastructure.

The plant on South Mendenhall Road represents the city’s first truly international big business presence. It opened in 1978 after Japanese executives came to Memphis to negotiate directly with city leaders. And once the deal closed, a now-legendary picket line was thrown up by local union leaders. The picketing symbolized organized labor’s determination to have a voice in local economic development.

7. Memphis, Others To Get $300M To Tackle Health - Friday, June 06, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) – In Memphis, black Medicare beneficiaries are nearly six times as likely as whites to have a leg amputated, a complication stemming from vascular disease and diabetes.

In Mississippi, 57 percent of women aged 65-69 got mammograms in a two-year period versus 74 percent in Maine.

8. A Tribute in Writing - Friday, June 22, 2007

At the age of 87, Sylvia Abraham Holder has done what few people her age have: She's published her first book of personal poetry and musings.

Considering the long and full life she has lived, though, it probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

9. A Downtown Grocery Store at Last? - Wednesday, September 13, 2006

A little more than a year from now, a mixed-use commercial development will have risen from the ground in Downtown Memphis and presented consumers there with something they've long craved.

Namely, the opportunity to shop at a large, brand-name grocery store.

10. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. has purchased the 256-unit Austin Chase Apartments in Macon, Ga., for $14 million with an assumed debt of $10.2 million. The property was built in 1996 on 29.99 acres in Bi...