Truist said Jean Morton, its new Memphis market president, will harness her more than 30 years of experience to help grow the bank’s local presence. 

The Shelby County Health Department recommends local hospitals adopt the “opt-out” approach, in which an HIV test will be part of a patient’s medical visit unless they decline. 

Memphis is now one of six cities nationwide that is home to two public universities with the Carnegie R1 designation. 

Paint Memphis, the nonprofit that transforms a corner of the city each year with its signature mural fest, has appealed a court ruling that says it failed to fully pay two former co-directors for six months of work.

Last year was the first time the city exceeded $100 billion in gross regional product, officials at the Greater Memphis Chamber State of the Economy luncheon said.

Memphis hospitality industry professionals said they hope for a more positive 2025.

The neighborhood’s plan is somewhat different because it comes directly from community members and not developers. 

Though Lucchesi’s used to sell its products in grocery stores, a USDA rule change several years ago forced the company to pull its casseroles from stores. But now they are back with a full line, new partners and plans for growth.

For a few days, Kendra Lawler sat at home, stunned. Early last week, though, the veteran felt compelled to speak out.

Hundreds of Mid-South students got to meet medical and science professionals at the Black Men in White Coats event at Baptist Health Sciences University in the Memphis Medical District. 

The hotel attached to the Renasant Convention Center might become a Marriott once renovations are complete.

Orion Federal Credit Union said in 2021 it would acquire a Memphis-based community bank, but Financial Federal CEO Kent Wunderlich said the acquisition was “mutually terminated.” 

Once at the center of a controversy over a statue honoring a Confederate Civil War general, the recently renamed Medical District Park is reinventing itself with a new public art installation that honors the community’s caregivers. 

Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman’s Enjoy A|M Restaurant Group is expanding again. 

MLGW’s Ursula Madden, Junior Achievement’s Leigh Mansberg and former longtime Overton Park Executive Director Tina Sullivan will lead a conversation on women in business at The Daily Memphian’s Feb. 27 seminar at Memphis Botanic Garden. 

Letter from U.S. Department of Interior stops paid work on cases of hundreds of unattended minors in the Mid-South alone.

The presidents of five of Tennessee’s largest research institutions have asked the state’s congressional leaders to maintain federal NIH funding, saying the changes would “devastate biomedical research.” 

The Center City Development Corp. also approved funds for a transition home for people exiting the Hospitality Hub’s program. 

Crews are focusing on preventing ice and snow buildup on runways and taxiways while also clearing ramps, service roads, terminal roadways and more.

The Broad Avenue Gateway development first phase has started construction and second phase is in the design phase. A Whitehaven warehouse has been sold. 

NST Law and Memphis River Parks Partnership announce promotions and an addition. 

Hospital Wing, which provides helicopters across the region for emergency dispatch, is taking the next step to provide critical care when “every minute matters.”

Chartered in 1961, Shelby County Federal Credit Union serves 10,000 local members in two counties. 

Whitney Hardy, who tried to levitate her skateboard at age 7, knows U of M has “the tools, the resources, the mentorship, the partners on campus” for today’s would-be innovators. She shows them how to navigate through to their dreams.

The Front Porch will be an interfaith center at Second Baptist Church.