On first blush, gubernatorial candidates Bill Lee and Karl Dean appear to be cast in a similar mold – business-friendly moderates.

2. Food Truck Evolution: Owners Strategize as Novelty Wears Off - Thursday, June 14, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) – Starting a food truck to sell tacos or barbecue on downtown streets may seem easy or fun, but owners are finding they need more sophisticated plans now that the novelty has worn off.

3. Schools’ Success Too Dependent on Weak Vendor - Thursday, April 26, 2018

The “debacle” called TNReady, a standardized test ruling the lives of students, teachers and administrators, is the predictable result of brain drain – not by students but by Tennessee’s leaders.

4. Bite Squad Expands Into Southaven - Saturday, March 31, 2018

Restaurant delivery service Bite Squad has expanded into Southaven with the acquisition of local restaurant delivery service City-Spree.

Southaven marks the first city in Mississippi that Bite Squad will service, and it will offer delivery from nearly 100 local restaurants at its launch, including local favorites such as Maria’s Cantina, Kublai Khan, Akita Sushi & Hibachi Steakhouse, Lost Pizza Co., Mister P’s Buffalo Wings and Old Style Bar-B-Q.

5. Bite Squad Expands Into Southaven - Friday, March 30, 2018

Restaurant delivery service Bite Squad has expanded into Southaven with the acquisition of local restaurant delivery service City-Spree.

Southaven marks the first city in Mississippi that Bite Squad will service, and it will offer delivery from nearly 100 local restaurants at its launch, including local favorites such as Maria’s Cantina, Kublai Khan, Akita Sushi & Hibachi Steakhouse, Lost Pizza Co., Mister P’s Buffalo Wings and Old Style Bar-B-Q.

6. DIY Pizza Craze - Friday, February 2, 2018

For decades the “Big Three” – Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Papa John’s – have dominated the pizza industry, but the fast-casual dining concept is changing that.

And one of the new players disrupting the industry is PizzaRev, a fast-casual pizza restaurant with three locations in Memphis.

7. The Week Ahead: Jan. 29-Feb. 4 - Monday, January 29, 2018

Good morning, Memphis! Proceedings related to the city’s removal of Confederate statues from two parks get underway, just one of many events on a busy Monday. Check our rundown of all the happenings you need to know about in The Week Ahead…

8. Last Word: California Extradition, Corker's Vote on Tax Reform and Post Kirk & Crum - Monday, December 18, 2017

The ex-wife of Tigers and Grizz basketball great Lorenzen Wright is due in a California courtroom Monday morning as extradition proceedings begin following Sherra Wright’s arrest there Friday evening on a Shelby County grand jury indictment here on charges of conspiracy, first degree murder and attempted murder.

9. Ugwueke Takes Reins as Methodist Healthcare CEO - Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Michael Ugwueke’s first day on the job as CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a post he assumed Jan. 1, included a round of meeting the troops.

The new chief executive of the Methodist organization visited all six of its hospitals, meeting employees and front-line staff and sharing his appreciation that they were there on New Year’s Day, a holiday for many people.

10. Last Word: Boca, Poe Killed by Politics and Embedding In The Real Memphis - Monday, December 5, 2016

BOCA BOWL – As expected, the University of Memphis Tigers football team is going south for the post season. They got and accepted Sunday the formal invitation to play in the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 20 against Western Kentucky. Ticket information should be forthcoming Monday for those of you who didn’t get enough during the Emerald Coast Classic with the basketball Tigers not too long ago.

11. Morgan Promoted to CFO At Pyro’s Fire Fresh Pizza - Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Marty Morgan has been promoted to chief financial officer at Pyro’s Fire Fresh Pizza amid the Memphis-based company’s expansion into other regional markets. In his new role, Morgan will oversee corporate functions at the Memphis headquarters and continue to build out the personnel and technology infrastructure needed to support regional growth while making sure financial performance stays on track.

12. Oklahoma City Districts Worth A Visit - Thursday, July 21, 2016

Sitting under an umbrella at a little pizza joint in the Paseo Arts District it’s hard to imagine I’m in Oklahoma City.

With a locally brewed F5 Ale in hand, the ultra-hoppy beer feels more Pacific Northwest than American Heartland. But the scorching heat and hints of Southwest architecture places me in Oklahoma.

13. Up, Up and Away - Saturday, March 12, 2016

The modern-day drone is both a high-tech military tool and a safer way to play humanitarian and deliver medicine and supplies to the suffering people of war-torn Syria.

The drone is everything from a stalking device to track poachers creeping through the South African bush hunting rhinos to the impetus for a potential commercial growth industry right here in Memphis.

14. Taking Action - Saturday, April 4, 2015

The windows on the old Executive Inn on Airways Boulevard where Brooks Road dead ends had been busted out for several years, leaving the curtains in its long-empty rooms fluttering in the wind.

But in January, demolition crews began ripping away at the blighted property at 3222 Airways, providing relief to residents and business owners whose own property values suffered because of the neglected property in that corner of Whitehaven.

15. Helping Hand - Tuesday, March 17, 2015

If you know a teacher, then you know he or she spends countless hours encouraging young minds.

You also know the often-underpaid public servants spend personal money to provide school supplies and even uniforms for students.

16. Drones Rule: Proposed Rules for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft - Tuesday, February 17, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) – Drone on, the government says.

Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator's sight. And probably not winging its way with a pizza or package, any time soon.

17. Nashville’s Most Romantic Restaurants - Saturday, February 7, 2015

Romance means something different for everyone, but most people can agree that if there is low lighting, soft music, a charming companion and something delicious to eat, you’ve already got the makings of one outstanding evening.

18. Businesses With Name 'Isis' Fight Bad Brand Image - Monday, October 6, 2014

Aeran Brent is tired of visitors asking about her store's name or snapping pictures of the sign outside.

Unfortunately, that's life for a small-business owner whose shop – Isis Bridal and Formal – shares a name with ISIS, the acronym of a notorious Islamic militant group that the United States is fighting in Iraq and Syria.

19. Culture of Health - Saturday, May 17, 2014

Twenty-five years ago, Carol Harshman was an aerobics instructor working for a Springfield, Mo., health club.

As someone with a job that allowed her to live out a lifestyle of health and wellness at work, she was in the minority.

20. Events - Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Orpheum Theatre will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Tuesday, April 22, through Sunday, April 27, at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Buy tickets at orpheum-memphis.com.

21. Events - Monday, April 21, 2014

The Orpheum Theatre will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Tuesday, April 22, through Sunday, April 27, at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Buy tickets at orpheum-memphis.com.

22. East Memphis Lost Pizza Plans to Open March 21 - Saturday, March 15, 2014

Lost Pizza Co. is opening soon inside the former Ronnie Grisanti’s location in Chickasaw Crossing.

23. East Memphis Lost Pizza Opens March 21 - Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Lost Pizza Co. is opening next week inside the former Ronnie Grisanti’s location in Chickasaw Crossing.

24. Lost Pizza to Open in East Memphis in March - Tuesday, January 28, 2014

The Lost Pizza Co. is about two months away from opening the first Memphis location for its fast-casual restaurant concept.

25. Poll: Fight Obesity Crisis but Keep the Junk Food - Monday, January 7, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – Everyone could use a little help keeping those New Year's resolutions to slim down. But if it means the government limiting junk food, the response is an overwhelming, "No."

26. Bike Lane Boost - Monday, November 26, 2012

A year ago, city roads crews were wrapping up the installation of dedicated bike lanes on the two-mile stretch of Madison Avenue between McNeil and Cooper streets – the culmination of an extensive debate that included those radically for or radically against the two-wheeled route that entailed a major road diet and on-street parking.

27. State Grant Includes Walker Ave. Improvements - Tuesday, July 31, 2012

On one very hot afternoon, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s effort to break public-private development projects out of Downtown got a $1.5 million boost.

With two food delivery trucks passing by on the crowded parking lot of Garibaldi’s Pizza, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam came to the University of Memphis area Thursday, July 26, to deliver three checks from transportation enhancement grants in the Walker Avenue area where Garibaldi’s and other locally owned businesses coexist in a compact area as well as the fourth phase of the Wolf River Greenway in North Memphis and the Highway 61 Blues Trail project.

28. Fresh Approach - Friday, April 13, 2012

The days of mystery meat, syrupy fruit cups and rubbery cheese pizza are a thing of the past at Memphis City Schools Nutrition Services, where, each school day, 20,000 salads are prepared from scratch using fresh, locally grown, mixed field greens.

29. 10 Steps to a Fail-Proof Business - Tuesday, November 8, 2011

As we know, business failures are very high. Some 56 percent fail before four years and 69 percent before seven years. Nothing much sadder except maybe a serious illness. Wealth is lost, jobs, vendor relationships, credit rating and maybe health and marital statuses. A lot of it does not have to be. Here are ways to help you fail-proof.

30. Occupy Our Empty Buildings - Monday, October 31, 2011

I don’t know that much about real estate, which may be a good thing here, but have leased seven buildings in my career. What I do know is all the empty buildings in Memphis is not a good thing for the owners or the city. The amount of lost rent, tax and building value is staggering.

31. Bank On Memphis Aims to Aid Unbanked, Underbanked - Friday, March 25, 2011

The everyday financial transactions of 45,000 Memphis households are done in cash, car title loans, money orders, third-party check cashing and payday loans.

And those “unbanked” transactions mean lost savings opportunities estimated by Federal Reserve Bank officials at $45 million locally.

32. Juicy Jim’s Brings Slice of Jersey to Highland Strip - Monday, December 6, 2010

“Juicy” Jim Matson, proprietor of two Highland Street eateries, learned everything he knows about the pizza business from his mentor, “Greasy” Tony Giorgianni.

As a teenager growing up in New Jersey, Matson tossed dough and bused tables at Giorgianni’s famous New Brunswick eatery, which fed pizza and cheesesteak sandwiches to generations of hungry Rutgers University students.

33. The Biggest Spenders - Monday, April 12, 2010

David Simon, chairman and CEO of the nation’s largest public real estate firm, told analysts a few weeks ago during Simon Property Group’s fourth quarter earnings conference call that 2009 was a challenging year. And he doesn’t think 2010 will be much better for the company, which owns two malls in Memphis.

34. Artists, Events Announced For Broad Avenue Art Walk - Monday, September 21, 2009

The Historic Broad Avenue Arts District has announced the lineup for this year’s Art Walk, which will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 2.

The event will take place in the area bounded by Sam Cooper Boulevard and Broad Avenue, between Hollywood and Collins streets.

35. Job Placement in Recession a Challenge for CareerPlace - Tuesday, July 14, 2009

CareerPlace helps people get off welfare, but the prolonged recession has made that mission harder to accomplish.

Sheronda S. Smith, the manager of the program operated by the nonprofit Porter-Leath, is asking businesses to give the more than 2,000 participants in the program a chance to prove what they can do. The benefits to businesses range from free labor through 30-day internships to tax breaks from hiring participants.

36. A Broader Vision - Wednesday, November 8, 2006

On the big screen, the conventional wisdom is that sequels rarely improve on the original.

But in the real world, urban planners, business owners, residents and city officials are working to produce exactly the opposite result for a poverty-scarred Memphis neighborhood.

37. Archived Article: Comm Focus - Friday, August 8, 2003
By Keri Holt

Corporate support drives diabetes research, education

By KERI HOLT

The Daily News

Given the right toppings, pizza is for everyone even diabetics.

After being enlightened with that discovery by the American Diabetes Associ...

38. Archived Article: Small Biz Focus - Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Art shop helps struggling students see more green

Art shop helps struggling students see more green

By STACEY WIEDOWER

The Daily News

In a dark situation, Sharri Schmidt found color.

I had a head-on collision with six cars and lost my...

39. Archived Article: Cici's (lead) - Monday, June 9, 2003
CiCis Pizza eatery among three new Poplar Plaza tenants

CiCis Pizza eatery among three new Poplar Plaza tenants

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

Attention, college students: Check the couches for lost change.

Popular, inexpensive pizza-b...

40. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, October 7, 2002
Recession not hurting performing arts

Some performing arts feeling pinch of recession

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

Discretionary income is first to feel the tightening grasp of a recession, meaning less eating out and even less entertainm...

41. Archived Article: Restaurants (lead) - Monday, October 8, 2001
Restaurants offer window of hope to Sept

Restaurants offer hope

to WTC attack victims

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

Among the thousands of victims who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack were numerous foodservice personne...