The event is a chance for attendees to see the beginnings of a new attraction being built in the former Mississippi River Museum at the park.

The district’s growth is intended to pay off the Memphis Sports and Event Center’s $100 million debt.

The sheriff’s office began an operation focused on McLemore Avenue’s Club Insight in February 2023. Over the more than year-long investigation, sheriff’s detectives found that the drug-trafficking operation spread throughout Memphis and Shelby County.

Ja Morant and Nike hosted a Memphis basketball showcase and community block party called “The Get Up” Sunday at Snowden School in Midtown. Photographer Brad Vest was on hand to capture pictures.

The $81 million, 270,000-square-foot Northside Square development is partnered with the work of restored and new affordable housing under the banner of “Moving Klondike Forward.”

Greater Memphis Chamber launched the event three years ago, and this was the biggest yet, with vendors including insurance companies, dessert shops and a representative of Whitehaven Plaza Shopping Center.

The Wraparound District 6 strategy, which received an initial $600,000 investment that will be managed by the School Seed Foundation, will address public safety, public health and public education in north Shelby County.

Growing from a four-week summer camp, Contemporary Arts Memphis’ official headquarters provides a student gallery area and room for art instruction. 

The old school building is undergoing a renovation to an early childhood center run by Porter-Leath, with a museum dealing with the rich history of the area to come in a later phase.

Joshua Carlucci says that Cafe Eclectic is one of the places that can cook a sunny-side up egg without fail.

People in addiction recovery started moving into a controversial house in Cooper-Young this week, after city officials previously said the use as a recovery home violated zoning ordinances.

Maciel’s Taqueria has been in the works for more than a year and is now flaunting its street food swagger with an extensive offering of all things meat and tortillas.

The sales-tax growth captured Downtown showed city taxpayers will not bail out Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid, the Renasant Convention Center and other Downtown projects for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

FedEx exec Richard Smith says this is a critical moment for Downtown Memphis — and the Grizzlies, FedExForum and Beale Street may be the key.

Richard Smith was as surprised as anyone when Fred Smith, his father, decided the family would give $50 million to help renovate the stadium. Here’s Smith on crime, Ja Morant, conference realignment and how that gift came to be.

Politics is nothing new when it comes to projects like “America’s River Crossing” in Downtown Memphis. The circa-1949 bridge it would replace saw plenty of it when it came time to consider its name.

A new Indian restaurant has two chefs, one from northwestern India and one from the south of the country. 

In the second Halloween guide in our Holidays in Memphis series, we’ve got decorating tips, pumpkin everything, candy ideas and a list of trick-or-treating events and grown-up parties.

During the Scoundrels and Scandals tour Saturday, Oct. 19, attendees were introduced to some of the infamous gravesites in the city’s oldest active cemetery.

“I believe it’s a beautiful way to merge the arts and give us a day to show something positive because there is so much love and talent in the Mound,” said one of the participating artists.

A weekend pop-up at clinic Oct. 19-20 at Neighborhood Christian Center will offer general medical exams, dental cleanings, extractions, eye exams and prescription glasses made on-site. 

The 33rd annual Freedom Awards went to Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, Howard University professor and attorney Sherrilyn Ifill and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton.

The project leaders of the redevelopment of the former Northside High School in Memphis’ oldest Black community announced on Thursday, Oct. 17, that the residential financials have closed. 

“This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Spooky season is well underway, and there are more pumpkin patches, haunted houses and pop-ups than you can shake your broomstick at.