TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi bank will pay $146 million in stock and cash to buy a Texas bank.

Tupelo-based BancorpSouth announced Thursday that it would buy Icon Capital Corp, whose Icon Bank has seven offices and $794 million in assets in the Houston area.

2. Events - Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The National Civil Rights Museum and the University of Memphis Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change will present “The Poverty Report: Memphis Since MLK” during a forum and panel discussion Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at NCRM, 450 Mulberry St. The report details how African-Americans and the poor have fared in Memphis and Shelby County over the past 50 years. Cost is free. RSVP at civilrightsmuseum.org.

3. Snap's Elusive Task: Evading Facebook's Looming Shadow - Thursday, May 11, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook has been bent on copying Snapchat ever since the social media giant tried unsuccessfully in 2013 to buy what was then an ephemeral photo-messaging app.

Now, the company behind Snapchat is bent on becoming more like its bigger rival – at least when it comes to success – by courting new users and with them, advertisers.

4. Last Word: Electoral College Day, North Cordova Comes Back and Roy Harrover - Monday, December 19, 2016

What was that? Someone left the door to spring ajar Saturday just to blow things around some. Put a little tropical hint in your Christmas season.

Most of us had that moment Saturday when you might have bundled up to go out and discovered you didn’t need a coat … at that point in a very windy day. Maybe you even went Christmas shopping in the spring-like weather just to watch the trappings of Christmas blowing in the wind.

5. Four Beale Street Proposals Feature Different Backgrounds - Monday, January 18, 2016

Jeff Sanford fielded inquiries from 17 or 18 companies, local and out of town, expressing some level of interest in the contract to manage the Beale Street entertainment district.

6. 4 Applicants Up for Beale Street Gig - Friday, January 15, 2016

A Fortune 500 corporation, the Memphis-based company behind the Delta Fair, a Memphis real estate management firm with office experience, and a newly formed group of Memphians with experience in real estate, entertainment and restaurants as well as commercial development and financing. Those are the four companies that have applied to manage the Beale Street entertainment district.

7. Pinnacle Awards Honor Commercial Real Estate Standouts - Monday, April 13, 2015

The local commercial real estate community gathered at the Memphis Botanic Garden Thursday, April 9, for the 14th annual Pinnacle Awards. Every year, the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council honors its members based on their transactional volume, merit and community activity.

8. School Board Approves 10 School Closings - Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Shelby County Schools board voted Tuesday, Feb. 25, to close 10 Memphis schools with the new school year.

But the final plan approved by the board on a split vote and recommended by superintendent Dorsey Hopson gave a one-year reprieve on closing Northside High School, removed Alcy Elementary School from the list completely and keeps Riverview Middle School open but closes neighboring Riverview Elementary School to make Riverview Middle a k-8 school starting next August.

9. Made in Memphis - Saturday, August 3, 2013

Memphis’ geography is limited to roughly 300 square miles, but its identity stretches beyond the city limits, resonating to the far corners of the globe.

The city’s brand has obvious cornerstones, such as its place in the nation’s cultural topography. But setting aside those no-brainers, like the rock ‘n’ roll innovator whose mansion in Whitehaven still attracts gawkers from around the world, a lot of what makes Memphis’ story is the story of what’s made in Memphis.

10. Soul Map - Monday, October 22, 2012

The Soulsville arrows beneath the Bellevue Boulevard railroad overpasses near Walker Avenue point north and south. It is the first indication that you are in an area where several possibilities can coexist.

11. Nonprofit Center Could be New South Memphis Gateway - Thursday, August 30, 2012

The giant milk bottle will outlive the old dairy plant it stands atop in South Memphis. For more than 80 years, the giant milk bottle adorning a now old and crumbling dairy building on Bellevue Boulevard at Walker Avenue has been an icon.

12. Morgan Keegan Details Could Come Soon - Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Regions Financial Corp. CEO Grayson Hall said during Regions’ second quarter earnings conference call Tuesday, July 26, that details would be forthcoming soon about the Memphis-based investment banking franchise Regions put on the auction block in June.

13. Morgan Keegan Bid Deadline Arrives - Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Monday, July 25, was reportedly a deadline for Regions Financial Corp. to get initial bids for the Memphis-based investment bank Regions put on the auction block in June.

14. Bids for Morgan Keegan Coming Monday - Monday, July 25, 2011

Regions Financial Corp. will reportedly get initial bids on Monday, July 25, from several major firms for the Memphis-based investment banking and capital markets business that Regions put on the auction block in June.

15. Morgan Keegan Speculation Begins - Monday, June 27, 2011

More than one analyst is predicting Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. could fetch a minimum of $700 million if its parent company, Regions Financial Corp., follows through on an anticipated sale of the Memphis-based investment firm.

16. Smith Receives World Recognition In Direct Selling, Multilevel Marketing Law - Thursday, January 14, 2010

Memphis attorney D. Jack Smith of the D. Jack Smith Law Firm was one of only two attorneys recently named by DirectSellingLive to its annual 2009 Power 50 list, which recognizes him as one of the Top 50 most powerful and influential professional people in the international marketing and direct selling industry. Smith was ranked No. 33 on the list, ahead of a nine-year former general counsel for Amway, who ranked No. 34, and business mogul Donald Trump.

17. Shelby County Commission Agenda - Monday, December 21, 2009

The Shelby County Commission will meet today at 1:30 p.m. at the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St. Among the resolutions being discussed is a capital improvement plan for the Agricenter International. For a full meeting agenda, click the icon.

18. Airport Makes Noise With $55M in Improvements - Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Airplanes and shuttle buses aren't the only vehicles creating buzz at Memphis International Airport these days. Bulldozers and cranes have been contributing their share as well.

Memphis' airport - the world's busiest for cargo and a hub for Northwest Airlines - is in the midst of roughly $400 million in various capital improvements, ranging from easier access in and out of the facility to the construction a $55 million air traffic control tower.

19. Bids for ServiceMasterIn the Works - Friday, March 9, 2007
     Two buyout groups are in the process of preparing bids for ServiceMaster Co., a residential and commercial services company that recently began exploring the possibility of putting itself up for sale and is moving its co

20. Archived Article: Community (cmom) - Friday, March 12, 1999
By STACEY PETSCHAUER Growing up in Memphis By STACEY PETSCHAUER THE DAILY NEWS The Childrens Museum of Memphis already rates as a Central Avenue landmark not only is it housed in the former National Guard Armory complex, but an airplane cockpit prop...