Chris Locke’s tenure at St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett is expected to help in his role as executive director of the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council.

It spawned careers, including that of a young Cybill Shepherd in 1968 when she was a model in Hunter’s catalog; employed a-yet-undiscovered Charley Pride and created advertising history in the energy-crisis-prone ‘70s.

Some have called Roxie’s burgers the best in the city. 

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single day fundraiser for the hospital.

TennCare officials say the new lactation benefits are funded by shared savings from the state’s Medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government. 

Nearly three years and $40 million later, the Downtown Mobility Center will open Thursday, Aug. 3. 

Welcome to Memphis, Carter Malone Group, Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Greater Memphis Medical Device Council, FedEx Employees Credit Association and Community Foundation of Greater Memphis announce promotions and additions. 

Most cases of West Nile virus, which is spread by infected mosquitos, cause no symptoms and go undetected. But it can cause serious illness and death.

Saint Francis Healthcare has named Scott Smith as CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and market CEO for Tenet Healthcare’s Memphis market, which includes Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. 

“It’s gotten to be such a big deal where we’re going to put it that we’ve decided to put it somewhere else,” said Joe Lowery, market general manager for owner Northstar Memorial Group.

Yellow has not formally announced its closure, but a representative of Teamsters Local No. 667, which represents 4,000 local workers, said the company going out of business would affect about 550 of its members.

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Baptist Medical Group plans to close its minor medical centers in East Memphis, Bartlett and Olive Branch. The Cordova location will remain open. 

V. James Vena, who only served on FedEx’s board for one year, has resigned. Kimberly A. Jabal will not stand for reelection.

Working with third-party consultants, BlueOval SK conducted wage and benchmarking studies to determine employee pay and benefits.

After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week — as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers.

Various factors have made “off-premises” options more popular than ever, and local restaurants are adjusting accordingly.

Chris Ivie expects the project to set standards for how temporary schools are built in an age of escalating weather disasters — the schools were destroyed by a March 31 tornado.

Self-taught chef Kunal Jadhav created one of Memphis Magazine’s top 10 dishes for 2018 and has raised more than $100,000 for animal rescue groups. Now he’s doing a five-course dinner at Cameo. 

Orion is focusing most of its energy on real estate, but it’s also looking at multi-family commercial opportunities to provide affordable housing or housing across the city.

Cindy Krag Gourmet To Go was created to give customers a pick-up option instead of catering. Customers can bring in their own trays to have the food placed on and garnished by the staff.

The Operating Room Scholars program’s nursing students will receive some tuition support from Baptist Memorial Health Care and agree to work for Baptist for two years following graduation.

Kendall Cooper and a partner took over the iconic restaurant at 1495 Union Ave. on July 18.

If the new site is approved, the existing Chick-fil-A site would be demolished.

The restoration of the Cycle Shop itself is nearly complete, with the expected groundbreaking for the multi-family element of the project set for early 2024.

The new location at 734 Mt. Moriah Road is across from Gus’s Fried Chicken and along the same stretch as The Urban Gardener, Gibson’s Donuts and Garibaldi’s Pizza.