After decades of toxic emissions and nearly two years of community pressure on the company, Sterilization Services of Tennessee is leaving its South Memphis facility. 

The Memphis Police Department conducted a “Sea of Blue” Sunday night, April 21, for Officer Joseph “Rusty” McKinney.

The 15-year tax incentive was approved by the suburb’s Industrial Development Board but still needs ratification from Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

More than 30,000 people are buried among the 15 acres at Zion Christian Cemetery, which was established in 1876 and is Memphis’ oldest Black cemetery.

“There’s already plenty of gas stations ... That’s not what the community has asked for. They’ve asked for investment in their community in terms of supportive items,” said a board member of Uplift Westwood.

Under new federal guidelines, one Memphis company will have to slash emissions and another seems to be in the process of shutting down. 

The potential negative health consequences and disregard for community voices associated with this project demand national attention, as these unfounded “carbon management” projects are targeting Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities across the country.

The lab’s namesake, who grew up on a dairy farm in Whitehaven, and went on to be a successful businessman, died last month.

“He is passionate about giving back to the Memphis community and uplifting others through opportunities to create and witness art,” said Laura Hutchison Bhatti, the Metal Museum’s director of collections and exhibits.

Back in 2008, Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” had Lou Martin of Uncle Lou’s Fried Chicken in tears.

The Zion Community Project’s annual cleanup and wreath-laying ceremony at Memphis’ oldest Black graveyard memorializes victims of the 1892 People’s Grocery Lynching. 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with gang members last week and asked for a “truce.” But you know what’s better than a truce? Giving kids an alternative to joining gangs in the first place. That’s where Memphis Rox comes in. And it could use your support.

If Memphis Mayor Paul Young had any doubts that crime is the most prevalent issue with Memphians, those doubts didn’t last long Tuesday, Feb. 27, at his first in a series of “One Memphis” town hall meetings.

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“Customers have been asking us for the past two years to be open after they get off work,” Eggxactly Breakfast and Deli owner Wendell Jackson said. “I didn’t want to overwork my employees, but they agreed to Fridays and Saturdays.”

“There’s a ton of resources in Memphis that are yet to be tapped into,” Jarnell Stokes said. “I would like to see my city become an entertainment hub, that reaches far beyond just basketball and hip-hop.”

Past tribute artist contest winners performed their favorite Elvis gospel songs backed up by the Graceland-endorsed EAS Band. 

After a career that shifted into marketing, publicity and non-profit management, this moment has brought Deanie Parker full circle, back to her beginnings as a singer and a songwriter. 

Participating gyms will provide free, 50-minute group fitness classes that are beginner-friendly and suitable for residents ages 16 and up. 

An Italianate home in South Memphis and an early middle-class housing complex in Midtown have been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

Boston-based Charles River Laboratories manufactures clinical and commercial cell and gene-modified cell therapies at its Shelby Drive facility. 

Fueled by a desire help children fulfill their educational potential as well as developing a relationship with God, Howard Eddings willed the Opportunity Zone into existence.

At the birthday celebration, Joel Weinshanker presented an acetate record of Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama,” which was the late singer’s first commercial recording. 

Based in Tacoma, Washington, Stellar Industrial Supply distributes more than 90,000 maintenance, repair and operation products and tools from more than 1,500 brands for metalworking, safety, marine supply and other industries. 

Phoenix Investors acquires and renovates former manufacturing facilities nationwide. The vacant Memphis Electrolux plant is next on its list. 

Viara Viara, owner of a plant-based manufacturing business, is doing her part to make the vegan lifestyle accessible to everyone by opening Wholey Goods in Whitehaven. “I want other people to experience what I’ve experienced..”