Downtown officials have confirmed that Insomnia Cookies will become part of the mix in the Beale Street entertainment district.

Shelby County Schools board members and County Commissioners held a historic joint meeting Wednesday to discuss the district’s preliminary 2019-20 operating budget.

House Republicans amended Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account bill to move money into rural districts with Priority schools before it was approved Wednesday night by the Finance Committee, shifting a portion of it from urban districts such as Shelby County Schools that might lose students to private schools.

The Grizzlies hired two executives with high-level experience at five different NBA franchises to its new management team. 

Despite creating fewer jobs and paying lower salaries than promised, EDGE CEO and president Reid Dulberger says IKEA is committed to its Memphis store. 

This week the Memphis 10 takes an early look at the Memphis mayor's race, sifts through some Nashville-related nonsense, and more.

Chef Elijah Townsend is cooking up creative takes on popular dishes at his South Main restaurant, Sage.

Mary Harvey Gurley's collection of antique chocolate molds included one that struck a professional candy maker's fancy. It will go into mass production as Dinstuhl's "official" bunny next year. 

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have developed a novel treatment using HIV as a vector to deliver re-engineered blood cells that create an immune system for patients who are born without one. 

A new kayak and paddle board rental service in the Memphis harbor opens for business May 4, the Memphis River Parks Partnership announced Wednesday.

• Memphis could host 2020 IRONMAN triathlon
• Saddle Creek gets tenant for former Eddie Bauer space
• AgLaunch leading new SBA Delta Ag Cluster

State Rep. Mark White pushed Gov. Bill Lee’s state charter commission through the House Wednesday, saying it will create a better system for overseeing charter schools in Tennessee.

Damion Baugh officially signs with Memphis Tigers on first day of the late signing period. 

Trying to keep up with an "ever-changing retail environment," IKEA has offered to voluntarily drop two years of its property tax abatement since it has been unable to create the number of jobs at the pay levels it promised in 2015. 

Opponents of a proposed 35-foot-tall building of town houses near Overton Square have met with the developer and said he's willing to compromise.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Memphis-based Stax Records formed an alliance following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death here that allowed Jackson to use the record label as a platform to spread the spoken word.

• Rhodes, University of Memphis end food services contracts with Aramark
• Memphis 901 FC transfers Sandoval to Las Vegas
• Mama Gaia to close Ballet Memphis location 

Resorts Casino Tunica is shutting down June 30, with its owner citing “increased competition from recent gaming expansion in Arkansas” among its reasons.

Germantown's financial advisory committee is nearing a recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on the potential purchase of the Germantown Country Club.

Jeff Crane, an athletic administrator at South Carolina, will become the deputy athletic director at the University of Memphis, according to a source.

From vice presidents to directors, managers have been tapped for FedEx's voluntary buyout program, while lower-level employees wait to see who else is leaving and how "rebalancing" plays out.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s fourth budget proposal, totaling $709 million, includes an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to accelerate the development of new and rehabbed multifamily and single-family housing.

Worried about the “threat of litigation,” Attorney General Herbert Slatery’s office is declining to issue a legal opinion to state Rep. G.A. Hardaway about the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account bill.

Gov. Bill Lee is putting $10 million of his $66.8 million supplemental budget into a Memphis riverfront development grant, though the scope of the funding is unclear. Mayor Jim Strickland said the money is specifically for Tom Lee Park.

Graduate transfer Rayjon Tucker will officially visit the University of Memphis in two weeks.