The topics get your attention: “Mental Illness in Tech” – a “Guide to Being a Bougie Stripper” – “Why I Quit TV News” – “Dyslexic and Proud.” These are just a few of the dozen talks -- strictly timed at five minutes each -- scheduled for Thursday’s Ignite Memphis event at Ballet Memphis in Overton Square. This is built loosely on the principle of a Ted talk although we also have a local version of TEDx coming up in January.

2. The Week Ahead: Sept. 11-18 - Monday, September 11, 2017

Hey, Memphis! This week we’re gearing up for the Cooper Young Festival and a packed house at the Tigers vs. UCLA game. Plus, Uptown Funk heads Downtown and The Joker hits East Memphis. Here’s what else you need to know about in The Week Ahead…

3. Last Word: Cooper-Young Complications, The Mackin Investigation and Tuition Hike - Monday, June 26, 2017

Landmarks status for Cooper-Young is on hold because part of the process for the status isn’t an official part of the application process. That would be the part that requires a certain number of signatures to get the status. And it has put on hold a similar process in Vollintine-Evergreen.

4. Historic Mansion Being Restored Into Exclusive French-Asian Restaurant - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The Nineteenth Century Club, one of the last great mansions of Union Avenue, was slated to become a strip mall. Next door to the 107-year-old building is a Taco Bell, which stands on the site of the Nineteenth Century Club’s former ballroom.

5. City Opens Up Mid-South Coliseum to Reviews - Wednesday, May 25, 2016

For a week in June, the city will allow citizen groups with qualified experts including architects and engineers to have access to the Mid-South Coliseum for four hours at a time twice a day.

The “Mid-South Coliseum Review Period” has a May 27 deadline for groups to request access under the city’s terms.

6. City Opens Coliseum To Experts In June - Monday, May 23, 2016

For a week in June, the city will allow citizen groups with qualified experts including architects and engineers to have access to the Mid-South Coliseum for four hours at a time twice a day.

The “Mid-South Coliseum Review Period” was announced by the city Friday, May 20, with a May 27 deadline for groups to request access under the city’s terms.

7. City Opens Coliseum To Experts In June - Saturday, May 21, 2016

For a week in June, the city will allow citizen groups with qualified experts including architects and engineers to have access to the Mid-South Coliseum for four hours at a time twice a day.

The “Mid-South Coliseum Review Period” was announced by the city Friday, May 20, with a May 27 deadline for groups to request access under the city’s terms.

8. Minglewood Hall, 1884 Lounge Sell for $2.7 Million - Tuesday, November 10, 2015

1553 Madison Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104

Sale Amount: $2.7 million

Sale Date: Oct. 9, 2015

9. Methodist Begins Remodel of Shelby Oaks Office - Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has started work on its new Shelby Oaks office building. On Oct. 30, Liberty Electrical LLC filed a $1,959 electrical permit for a “complete remodel” of the existing three-story building.

10. Airports and Stock Exchange Reopen After Superstorm Sandy - Thursday, November 1, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – Two major airports reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to feed and rescue flood victims two days after Superstorm Sandy struck.

11. Companies Sue County Over Minority Contracts - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Giving minority contractors a bigger share of the pie in doing business with local government is a hot topic at the moment.

City and county officials, for example, have found themselves in recent days under pressure to explain low levels of minority participation in some of the area’s high-dollar capital investment projects.

12. Fan Friendly - Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The Mid-South Fairgrounds may be the most unlikely landscape for a civic project that has succeeded in catching the eye of skeptical Memphians.

But it isn’t the architectural renderings of water-colored citizens strolling in the glow of a possible future that has our attention. It’s what Memphians don’t see when they drive by the fairgrounds that has their attention.

13. Archived Article: Gov - Friday, May 6, 2005
By Andy Meek

Council to Consider Mayors Capital Spending Plans

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

The Memphis City Council will begin its formal consideration of Mayor Willie Herentons $1.9 billion capital improvement program budget today, a plan ...

14. Archived Article: Thomas P.2 - Thursday, March 9, 2000
Thomas & Betts sells product line to Telect Inc Thomas & Betts sells product line to Telect Inc. Thomas & Betts Corp. has sold the assets of its Telzon product line to Telect Inc., a major player in the telecommunications connectivity in...

15. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, June 14, 1999
A fourth Fazolis restaurant will open in Memphis Thursday at 6466 Poplar Ave A fourth local Fazolis restaurant will open Thursday at 6466 Poplar Ave. The franchise owner is Shane Coughlin. Other Fazolis restaurants are located on Riverdale Road and ...