Local “Bird Watchers” brought their issues with how ICE agents are treating detainees at Wilson Air Center to the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. 

The store opened its only Memphis-area location in September of 2019.

The 112‑room Hilton Tapestry will feature meeting space, a restaurant, lobby bar and a 114‑seat rooftop bar.

A Pennsylvania-based company adds a Cordova apartment complex to its local portfolio.

A private school makes leadership announcements, and a bank promotes from within.

It is unclear how much the work currently underway at 495 Union Ave. is costing Shelby County taxpayers or where the money to pay contractors’ invoices is coming from.

Also in this edition of Inked: A new Academy Sports + Outdoors is opening in Millington, and a South Memphis shopping center has sold.

A data center moratorium is losing steam as questions of the City Council’s authority to ban the developments mount.

Epicenter is giving $25,000 each to five startups nationwide — including one in Memphis developing a new shoulder implant system.

The new owner hopes to bring the Belmont Grill concept back to the space. 

With more staff, new equipment and expanded outreach, the Downtown Memphis Commission reports record levels of cleanup and maintenance, thanks in part to a bike-mounted street sweeper named after a blues legend.

Full state funding of the Imagination Library would remove local costs and raise kindergarten‑readiness rates.

Analysts say ZIP‑code reclassifications reflect the carrier’s effort to boost margins as UPS, Amazon and others battle for volume.

With some help, the Memphis Zoo has installed motion-sensing trail cameras in green spaces throughout Shelby County to learn which species live there. So far, researchers have logged 20 animals. And they’re just getting started. 

Restaurant workers are among the most at risk for substance abuse and heavy alcohol use in the United States. The Memphis chapter of Ben’s Friends hopes to help on the path to sobriety.

Entrepreneur trusted her gut and the data to transform a struggling Neighborhood Barre franchise into a hub for fitness-minded women.

The Lobbyist is advancing to the next phase of a more than $200,000 renovation.

Bikers descended on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s campus to mark 20 years of St. Jude Rides. Riders and participants raised over $1 million this year, organizers said. 

New documents show former DeSoto County Convention and Visitors Bureau leadership is backing claims by the Landers Center head who said he was fired last year for refusing to stop booking Black acts.

Plus, Little Petals looks to new location and Dutch Bros Coffee considers Cordova.

Mayo Clinic chose Southaven due to the location and ability to set up equipment quickly, Mississippi Development Authority officials said.

To most, this year’s fall book sale will look identical to past ones, but the organizational lineup has been shaken up.

A local private investment company bought Sycamore View Plaza, a retail center on Summer Avenue for more than $3 million.

Also, Baptist Memorial Health Care announces a slate of leadership changes, and a bank and a law firm add new employees.

Also in this edition of Inked: August homes sales go down while prices go up, Los Angeles firm buys in Southeast Memphis and Litchfield buys on Senator Street.