Memphis City Council members vote Tuesday, Aug. 28, on a special-use permit to turn the land on the northeast corner of South Main Street and Beale Street into a surface parking lot with landscaping.

2. Digest - Monday, January 29, 2018

Memphis Toys R Us

To Remain Open

A representative with Toys R Us has confirmed to The Daily News that the retailer’s Memphis location, at 7676 Polo Ground Blvd., won’t close after all.

3. As Health Premiums Rise, Small Businesses Seek Alternatives - Friday, December 8, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – As small business owners learn what their 2018 health insurance costs will be, some are considering providing different types of coverage for their employees.

Companies are receiving notices of premium and coverage changes for 2018. The changes vary, depending on factors including the state where a company is located, how many employees it has and how comprehensive its insurance is. But many owners are seeing rate increases of double-digit percentages, finding dramatically reduced coverage, or both. Health insurance consultants expect more owners to rethink their strategies beyond 2018 and choose alternatives like paying for claims themselves or adding health services that can lower costs.

4. City's Tentative Fairgrounds Plan Confirms Separating Coliseum from Youth Sports - Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s tentative plan for the redevelopment of the Mid-South Fairgrounds, presented Monday, Nov. 6, included a renovation of old Melrose High School in neighboring Orange Mound and a confirmation that the city administration doesn’t think the Mid-South Coliseum should be part of a youth sports tournament complex.

5. Events - Saturday, October 28, 2017

The 2018-Model Memphis International Auto Show takes place Friday through Sunday, Oct. 27-29, at Memphis Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. Experience the latest in-car technology, research your next vehicle and test drive more than a dozen vehicles on site. Buy discount e-tickets at memphisautoshow.com.

6. Events - Friday, October 27, 2017

The 2018-Model Memphis International Auto Show takes place Friday through Sunday, Oct. 27-29, at Memphis Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. Experience the latest in-car technology, research your next vehicle and test drive more than a dozen vehicles on site. Buy discount e-tickets for the show at memphisautoshow.com.

7. The Week Ahead: Oct. 23-29 - Monday, October 23, 2017

Hey, Memphis! Fall festivals continue this week and an important meeting concerning Memphis music kicks off Wednesday and stretches over three days. This weekend, Halloween events will haunt and the Grizzlies face one of their scary Western Conference opponents from Texas.

8. Stronger Penalties Alone Won’t Solve State’s Opioid Crisis - Thursday, August 17, 2017

Rep. Bryan Terry deals with patients from every demographic caught up in the web of opiates.

Patients have an array of tolerance to opioids, as well, from those currently addicted to those who are recovering addicts. As a result, each patient requires an “individualized” anesthetic based on their background and the procedure or surgery they’re to have, says Terry, a Murfreesboro anesthesiologist.

9. 2016: Not Too Many Banking Industry Surprises - Monday, December 26, 2016

When shareholders of First Tennessee Bank’s Memphis-based parent company convened in April at the bank’s Downtown Memphis headquarters for their annual meeting, the whole thing wrapped up in about 10 minutes.

10. The Week Ahead: October 17-23 - Monday, October 17, 2016

This will be a historic week for Memphis, so mark your calendar for Saturday, Oct. 22, when a boardwalk across the Harahan Bridge opens to the public that will give Memphians and visitors alike an intimate experience with the Mighty Mississippi. The Big River Crossing also will link Memphis to West Memphis, Arkansas, and provide bicycle enthusiasts miles of trails along the river levee that will be unique in the world. There’s only one Mississippi River, the world’s second-largest inland waterway, and there’s only one Memphis! This crossing will be an unmatched amenity for the city for years to come.   

11. Council Takes Final Vote On Residency Referendum - Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Memphis City Council members take a final vote Tuesday, Aug. 9, on an addition to the Nov. 8 ballot that would ask city voters to approve new residency requirements for future city employees.

The referendum ordinance is a proposal to require all city employees hired after a certain date to live in the city of Memphis. The current requirement is that city employees must live within Shelby County.

12. Tri-State Bank Holding Community Bank-A-Thons - Friday, August 5, 2016

Tri-State Bank of Memphis will host Community Bank-A-Thons Saturdays during August to promote the importance of wealth-building in the African-American community by encouraging residents to open bank accounts.

13. Tri-State Bank Prepares For Big Year - Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The way longtime Memphis banking executive Christine Munson sees it, a small community bank has to carve out a clearly defined identity for itself - something that sets it apart from the myriad competitors of similar size, with comparable products and rates - if it wants to be successful.

14. First Tennessee Invests in Tri-State Bank - Monday, January 18, 2016

As of Dec. 31, Tri-State Bank of Memphis has secured almost $5 million in new capital, an investment fueled in part by an “unprecedented transaction” between it and First Tennessee Bank.

15. Tri-State Bank HQ Sale Heightens Speculation - Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The northeast corner of Main and Beale streets is more than prime real estate; it’s historic ground with a direct connection to ongoing racial and economic issues.

Tri-State Bank, the city’s 70-year old black-owned bank, and Belz Investco announced Thursday, Dec. 31, that the bank was selling its headquarters, 180 S. Main St., to Belz Investco GP in a $3 million deal.

16. Tri-State Bank Sells Downtown Memphis Headquarters - Friday, January 1, 2016

A prime piece of Downtown real estate linking Beale Street and the South Main district has been sold.

Tri-State Bank of Memphis is selling its headquarters at 180 S. Main St., on the northeast corner of Main and Beale Street, to Belz Investco GP in a $3 million deal announced New Year’s Eve.

17. UTHSC Pulls $20 Million Permit to Build Simulation Center - Monday, September 7, 2015

26 S. Dunlap St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $20 million

Permit Date: Applied August 2015
Owner/Tenant: The University of Tennessee
Contractor: Flintco Inc.
Details: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is preparing for more construction as part of its campus overhaul.

18. What a Difference Year Makes for Goodwin - Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Months before the first practice, Tigers coach Josh Pastner believed in the fitter, more committed version of Shaq Goodwin that returned to the University of Memphis for his sophomore season.

“He’s done a 180,” Pastner said last summer. “Different human being and different player.”

19. What a Difference Year Makes for Goodwin - Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Months before the first practice, Tigers coach Josh Pastner believed in the fitter, more committed version of Shaq Goodwin that returned to the University of Memphis for his sophomore season.

“He’s done a 180,” Pastner said last summer. “Different human being and different player.”

20. APS’ Goal: Giving Region’s Businesses What They Need - Saturday, December 14, 2013

APS Facility Maintenance was founded by Lorenzo Myrick as a janitorial staffing company in 1998.

With 50 employees at the time, the vision was a simple one with the Memphis area as a customer base.

21. Crosstown Plans Continue to Evolve - Friday, November 8, 2013

The National Park Service nixed plans for planting greenery on one side of the Crosstown parking garage but is OK with developers of the old Sears Crosstown property replacing windows in the mammoth building with new, similar-looking and configured ones.

22. Diverse Background Helps Garrard Find Career Calling - Friday, October 25, 2013

Mike Garrard has popped the top on a new career as executive director of the Silvercreek Senior Living Center in Olive Branch.

23. Rich Tapestry - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Bonnie Thornton has a mission at this year’s RiverArtsFest that goes beyond her role as director of the festival’s Artist Market: she’s helping a fledgling art collector get his start.

24. Northward Expansion - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Thirteen years after Visible Music College founder Ken Steorts launched a school with a focus on music ministry and production that relocated into Memphis after outgrowing its original Lakeland campus, the school is preparing to launch a satellite campus.

25. Filling the Voids - Saturday, February 2, 2013

Last year was a banner year for adaptive reuse projects in Midtown and Downtown.

Developers announced plans for the Sears Crosstown building, Overton Square, Hotel Chisca, James Lee House and old United Warehouse in the South Main Historic Arts District. Construction began on The Pyramid, turning it into a 220,000-square-foot mega-Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World, and Memphis in May moved into its new headquarters at 56 S. Front St., a 14,600-square-foot building that’s on the National Register of Historic Places.

26. Battling Blight - Monday, January 7, 2013

The kickoff date to the Downtown Memphis Commission’s anti-blight initiative on April 1, 2011, is embedded in president Paul Morris’ memory.

27. Fayette, Marshall Prep for Ambitious Industrial - Monday, December 17, 2012

With Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal now operational in Rossville and a pair of large-scale industrial manufacturing buildings under way in the area, stakeholders say the future is bright for the region.

28. Amro Still Strikes Chord In Music Retail Business - Monday, March 26, 2012

When customers walk into Amro Music, they are greeted first by two mannequins in marching band uniforms.

Next, they are greeted by one of the business’s employees.

The most recent addition to the longtime music store’s welcoming committee is an exquisitely crafted Steinway piano.

29. Downtown Mixed-Use Bldg. Sells for $1.5M in Foreclosure - Tuesday, February 28, 2012

92-96 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN 38103

Sale Amount: $1.5 million

Sale Date: Feb. 10, 2012

30. Businesses Use Office Design to Promote Message - Thursday, September 22, 2011

Joey Hagan, principal of Architecture Inc., doesn’t work in an office so much as a playground.

31. 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.

32. Four-Legged Health - Friday, July 15, 2011

Shawn McGhee is a family man. He has a 4-year-old Labrador retriever, a 3-year-old Chihuahua, a 7-month-old American bully and three rescue cats, in addition to his five children.

33. Cordova’s Parkway Place Hits 100 Pct - Friday, May 27, 2011

Two recent leases at Parkway Place Office have brought the center to 100 percent occupancy. Guardian Community Living LLC signed a 10,500-square-foot lease in the 70,000-square-foot office annex that is situated in Cordova.

34. A New Home - Thursday, May 26, 2011

On a humid late May afternoon that signaled the imminent arrival of a sweltering Memphis summer, Burundi native Sedekia Imanairakiza seemed to be in his element, skillfully nurturing the soil and sowing the seeds that will yield fruitful summer crops at Urban Farms, a community garden in the heart of the city.

35. National Organization Engineers Without Borders Boosts Memphis Presence - Thursday, April 14, 2011

Starting in June, Memphis will be able to boast a significant addition to its engineering resume, touching on design, education and philanthropy in one fell swoop.

The city is expected to land an official chapter of the Engineers Without Borders-USA – a national organization devoted to helping create a more stable and prosperous world by addressing and providing human necessities such as clean water, power, sanitation and education.

36. Great Oaks Church of Christ Begins Work on New Wing - Tuesday, June 22, 2010

3355 Brunswick Road
Bartlett, TN 38133
Loan Amount: $1 million
Loan Date: June 16, 2010
Maturity Date: June 10, 2011
Borrower: Great Oaks Church of Christ
Lender: BancorpBank South

37. Bredesen 'Mule Team' Finishing Education Money Bid - Monday, January 18, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Administration officials and consultants worked Friday to complete Tennessee's application for $485 million in federal "Race to the Top" money while lawmakers sought to reconcile differences on a bill seen as key to the state's bid.

38. Events - Monday, September 29, 2008

The University of Memphis Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute will hold the seminar “Disaster Recovery in Freight Transportation – Moving Beyond First Response” today from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in The Zone at the FedEx Institute of Technology, 365 Innovation Drive. Conference speakers will include U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis; Robert D. Jamison, undersecretary for National Protection and Programs for the Department of Homeland Security; and Joe Waldo, senior consultant for Global Insight Inc. Seating is limited to 180 people. Register online at http://cifts.memphis.edu.

39. Events - Friday, September 26, 2008

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will hold a joint meeting of the Rules and Education subcommittees of the Shelby County Ethics Commission today at 9:30 a.m. in the County Attorney’s Conference Room, Suite 600 of the Shelby County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St.

40. Events - Tuesday, September 9, 2008

The Memphis Area Teachers’ Credit Union will sponsor the Spirit of Kindness Award celebration luncheon with The Kindness Revolution today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. will deliver the keynote address. For more information, call 385-5200 or visit www.matcu.com.

41. Local Banks Ramp Up Lending Services - Monday, March 24, 2008

Philip Fons admits it might sound a little "crazy" for a bank to expand its mortgage division in uncertain economic times such as these, but that's exactly what BankTennessee is doing.

The Collierville-based community bank, where Fons is executive vice president and head of the home-lending team, has added - and will continue to add - mortgage originators while other companies slash payroll in response to a slumping real estate market.

42. Medtronic Breaks GroundOn $90 Million Facility - Tuesday, November 28, 2006
     Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc. broke ground Monday on its $90 million expansion at its corporate headquarters in Nonconnah Corporate Park. The facility, which is being built on what formerly was a parking lot, should be re

43. New Nursing School, Other Developments Beef Up Local Bioscience Sector - Monday, November 13, 2006

Talk to Dr. Steve Bares for even a little while about Memphis' emerging bioscience industry, and he'll usually offer up a meaty metaphor to describe either himself, his thoughts on new developments or a forecast of things to come.

44. Medtronic Expansion Heralds 600 New Jobs - Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Construction recently began on the expansion of Medtronic Sofamor Danek Inc.'s Memphis headquarters, a project that will add 600 new jobs over the next four years.

The annual median wage for the project will be $55,700, making it one of the highest median wage projects the Memphis Regional Chamber has seen, said Mark Herbison, senior vice president of economic development at the chamber.

45. Poised for Success - Friday, May 19, 2006

The New Ballet Ensemble & School is bringing dance instruction closer to the heart of the Cooper-Young neighborhood - further enhancing a growing area that, with boarded windows and empty storefronts, once looked like a ghost town.

46. Archived Article: Walgreens (lead) - Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Council hears controversial Walgreens application

Residents plan protest

to stop new Walgreens

By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

Memphis City Council members will hear a zoning change application at 3:30 p.m. today that has generated a gre...

47. Archived Article: Sirens (lead) - Tuesday, May 29, 2001
Shelby County to get new severe weather warning system County seeks bids for weather sirens By MARY DANDO The Daily News The threat of tornadoes is an ever-present danger in the Mid-South, especially for those who do not live within earshot of a sev...

48. Archived Article: Focus (virus) - Wednesday, March 14, 2001
By SUE PEASE Virus protection saves time, money in long run By SUE PEASE The Daily News An Internet Flower for You. Naked Wife. I Love You. These may sound like chapter titles in a fun-loving romance novel. But for some computer users who received e...

49. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, June 5, 2000
Business is booming Business is booming New and renewed business license filings jumped 16.4 percent in the first five months of the year, compared to the same period in 1999. The Oakhaven/Parkway Village area in South Memphis led the way with 180 l...

50. Archived Article: Idb - Wednesday, June 16, 1999
By STACEY PETSCHAUER Two projects would create 180 new jobs By STACEY PETSCHAUER The Daily News Two projects that will create 180 new jobs in Memphis over the next three years will go before the Industrial Development Board today at 3 p.m. The IDB w...

51. Archived Article: Graphic (bizlic) - Monday, December 28, 1998
Business is booming Business is booming The number of business licenses containing a complete Memphis or Shelby County ZIP code shows a slight increase in businesses making their home in the area. Here's a comparison of the figures for 1998 and 1997...

52. Archived Article: Web Tv Chg - Wednesday, November 20, 1996
Surfing on the sofa Surfing on the sofa Web TV technology makes using Internet affordable, comfortable By CAMILLE GAMBLE The Daily News For people who donít want to spend the money for an entire computer system just to surf the íNet, W...

53. Archived Article: Mall Chg - Friday, March 29, 1996
03-28 CHG mall 25 acres of outparcel space available at mall By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News In the 70 acres which make up the outparcels of the planned Wolfchase Galleria Mall, there are currently about 25 acres not under "serious negotiat...