The historically black college in South Memphis also plans to increase alumni giving from 8% to 30%.

Mayor Jim Strickland said the chain has signed a letter of intent to open a Whitehaven location.

Two national retailers and three MEMShop locations will add to the retail momentum Whitehaven is seeing, but the community still has property challenges.

Affectionately known as “The Mayor of Orange Mound,” restaurateur and notable Memphian Tyler Glover Sr. was laid to rest on Saturday.

Former Memphis Grizzlies community relations employee Dan Peterson is making an impact by reviving forlorn basketball courts, public spaces that bring people together.

LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

Over the next three years, the charter school system plans to work with community partners to add amenities including a small grocery store, affordable child care or preschool and community green space.

The first residents have moved into the reincarnation of the former Foote Homes public-housing project, Foote Park at South City.

Soulsville's radical.tacos will source some of its produce from a student-managed garden.

Comcast came to Memphis on Friday bearing free laptops for students, free internet service for their families and tech grants for local nonprofits. 

The 38126 Center, to be located at the corner of Mississippi Boulevard and Walker Avenue, is directly across from The Four Way restaurant and less than half a mile from LeMoyne-Owen College.

Fewer than 5% of Geeter students scored proficient or higher in English this past spring on the state’s annual exam known as TNReady. In math, 6% of students scored proficient or higher.

A large retail center with more than 230 parking spaces is planned in southeast Memphis if the developer can get approval for gas sales at the location.

Mary and Ken Olds plan to open Muggin’ Coffeehouse in Whitehaven in November. 

Although George Washington Carver High School was closed and replaced with a similarly named charter school, alumni congregate each year to celebrate at a massive picnic in the park.

Westwood residents offered organizers of the new CDC a list of suggestions to improve the community, from covered basketball courts and a splash pad, to career readiness programs and a full-service bank location.

The pavilion replaces an older one at Lincoln Park that was significantly damaged by a tree.

Memphis ZIP code 38126, which has family poverty rate of nearly 60%, has been getting targeted help from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis.

The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation spent more than $5 million revitalizing the park. 

South Memphis Renewal CDC executive director and court-appointed receiver of Aretha Franklin's birthplace said the property at 408 Lucy Ave. is “very stable now.”

Porter-Leath plans to build a child care center in Frayser and Girls Inc. seeks to build a $4.5 million community garden and learning center by expanding its existing campus nearby.

Louis and Carla Faulkner are operating a new restaurant, Caribbean Flayvahz, in Hickory Hill. 

Former Memphis City Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson-Dean said she plans to begin her tenure at LeMoyne-Owen College with a lot of listening.

Bala Tounkara wants to make African food appealing to those who have never tried it, but he also wants to give people with African parents a chance to try dishes beyond their familiar fare.

The City of Memphis has an option to purchase the buildings that served as the former MLK Transition Academy, Porter Junior High School, and Boys and Girls Club location at 620 S. Lauderdale St.