XAI is set to lease a site via CTC Property LLC, a California LLC affiliated with the Elon Musk company.

Zinnie’s is back open with a new look and menu, Newk’s is targeting the Memphis area for three additional stores and Second Street Taco & Tequila and DWJ Midtown have closed. 

“It’s a major honor,” Rogers said. “I never expected nothing like that to be in my historical background. But it definitely is a good feeling.”

After funding delays and worries that a proposed science, technology, engineering and mathematic lab for Whitehaven High would never happen, officials held a second ceremonial groundbreaking for the $9 million project.

“This flyway provides (an) opportunity to get closer to the river, to see a natural habitat and to enjoy the quietness of this area of the park,” Memphis River Parks Partnership COO Art Davis said.

After winning five games in 2023, the Mustangs have already matched that total heading into an important Week 7 region showdown against Bolton.

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Enjoy the Nightmare on Union Avenue (a new-ish fall festival with an alpaca selfie station), Alchemy’s wine dinner, lots of beer at Cooper-Young — and save room for more.

The $12.8 million University Crime Information Center is a place where officers can monitor, in real-time, a network of more than 1,200 cameras spread around the school’s campuses.

The Airways Boulevard and Park Avenue intersection is now also known as 8Ball Boulevard and MJG Avenue for the duo whose lyrics proclaim they’re “part of the streets, ’cause the streets are a part of us.” 

New Wing Order is back (kind of), a Cooper-Young brewery is serving early morning coffee and a totally new taproom in South Main finally opens after a decade of dreaming. Here’s a roundup of what’s new at Memphis breweries. 

Tous Les Jours, a French-Asian bakery that has more than 1,600 locations worldwide, will also joined by the opening of Lao Sze Chuan, a Chinese restaurant chain based in Chicago.

Also, Staks Kitchen will have an Arlington location, and Scooter’s Coffee is adding multiple locations across the region.

An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile — operated by hotdoggers Corn Dog Kait and Coop Dawg — is making stops in Memphis this weekend.

The name will change from Bob’s Barksdale to Barksdale’s, but the spirit of Bob Henry will remain. 

The funding is for work on Elvis Presley Boulevard between Winchester and Craft roads, a stretch that takes in the segment of the state highway that borders Graceland and The Guest House at Graceland hotel.

Masti doesn’t have the extensive range that you might find at longer-standing Indian restaurants, but the dishes on its menu are made very well. 

An alumnus donated 50 pairs of Nike Dunk sneakers — free for each of Delano Elementary’s kindergarten students.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he felt “very compelled” to purchase Downtown’s Sheraton because of the financial risks associated with not buying it. 

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young and members of the Blight Zero team filed into a bus and rode to the sites of several active or recent demolitions on Friday, Sept. 20.

The City of Memphis is readying $16 million in bonds to subsidize a two-part project that includes parking at 100 N. Main and renovations at AutoZone Park Downtown.

Chef Phillip Dewayne’s newest venture brings elevated casual dining to Downtown Memphis.

What started as a small Greek pastry bazaar is now a 15,000-plus person festival.

Also: Coworking space for lawyers is coming to Downtown. 

After closing school on Tuesday, students at Cornerstone Prep Denver returned to class Wednesday with the support of counselors. 

The hotel selection and design have pushed the project timeline back from the end of 2027 to early 2028.