What started as a routine Saturday patrol turned into a three-hour race against time as Memphis Police Department officers worked alongside emergency-communications personnel to rescue a man trapped in the currents of Cypress Creek.

The estimated $7 million renovation became possible as part of a $60 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help areas affected by the 2011 floods.

The marker unveiled Wednesday is about the past but also the present push to restore and renovate the Klondike area where Lee lived out his life after he saved the lives of 32 people on the Mississippi River in 1925.

One agribusiness giant is adding to its local presence while another is reducing its footprint.

Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors markets historic Front Street building, FI Real Estate Capital Management makes second local purchase and North Carolina investors buy East Memphis Bojangles for $3 million.

Darrin Pigram, 41, who was shot and killed on May 13, was being sought on a warrant for charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and a weapons violation.

The planned development, Memphis Jazz, is located across from one of UMH’s existing developments, Memphis Blues.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members settled on a name for the district’s new high school in Frayser. Neighborhood charter school Libertas is also set to expand into high school grades.

How a Midtown business creates community and space for gamers of all ages and creeds.

Perdomo Worldwide plans to open a developable site in an older industrial submarket that’s seeing a slight resurgence.

If approved, these projects could add residential units and commercial property across the city. 

The Community Redevelopment Agency is moving forward with the first phase of Smokey City Market, an estimated $70 million project aiming to bring affordable housing, senior care, retail and green space to the area.

Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.

Memphis Jazz, a residential community of 249 homesites, will be across the street from the Memphis Blues neighborhood. 

The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center opened Thursday, June 4, in North Memphis just in time for summer.

DEA agents working under the Memphis Safe Task Force shot and killed a suspect at a Frayser Burger King Wednesday morning after he allegedly pulled a gun, officials said.

When the old Skateland Frayser burned in January, it was the latest change in a part of the city that has seen a lot of them over the decades. The neighborhood is still changing in the plans its residents are making and by the events that mark new opportunities.

Chef Ben Smith opened Tsunami in 1998, helping Cooper-Young transition from “a downtrodden backwater for failing businesses.”

Nike officials announced almost 600 people would be laid off from two Memphis locations.

Unconventional project provides new digs for Code Crew, Greater Memphis Chamber, Literacy Mid-South, Moore Tech, Memphis Symphony and Collective Blue Print.

Memphis parent Chajuana Williams said she would miss the family history embedded at Georgian Hills Elementary if district leaders decide to close the school in June.

The set of 10 apartments in the North Memphis neighborhood of Bickford took two years to renovate.

The five-year-old development on the site of the city’s second shopping mall will likely be completed in 4-6 months. 

The changes could be an example of what’s to come for other families as Memphis-Shelby County Schools makes plans to close, consolidate, repurpose and build new campuses.

Initially, the grocery store was slated to open in October 2024, then moved to January 2025. Now, the developer is unsure when the project will happen.