Memphis News Today: Stories That Matter to Our City

The University of Memphis is sending four of its faculty members to the world stage. Drs. Vania Barraza Toledo, Thomas Goebel, Dennis Laumann, and Vasile Rus have each been selected as 2026 to 2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholars, one of the most prestigious academic honors in the country. The four represent a wide range of disciplines.…

The former Commercial Appeal building on Union Avenue has come down, and what’s coming in its place is one of the most significant healthcare investments Memphis has ever seen. Demolition is now underway at 495 Union Ave. for the future Regional One Health campus, an estimated $900 million project that cleared a major regulatory hurdle…

New Ballet Ensemble and School has officially acquired the former Humes Middle School at 659 N. Manassas Street, and the vision is bold: a $73 million transformation into the Memphis Middle and High School for the Arts and Technology, known as MEMArtsTech. The property transferred on June 12, according to the Shelby County Register of…

Mark the calendar. The new Memphis Art Museum is opening December 6, 2026, and Shelby County residents will always get in free. The $180 million facility has been taking shape at Front Street and Union Avenue since breaking ground in June 2023, on the former site of a fire station and parking garage in the…

Epicenter Memphis is back with its ZeroTo510 program, and this year’s Medical Device Operations Challenge (MDOC) is building on everything the initiative established in year one. Applications are open now through July 6 for startups ready to dig into real operational problems in the medical device space, and the opportunity is significant. Up to 15…

The Mississippi River has a new front-row seat, and it belongs to Memphis. The Memphis Flyway officially opened at the south end of Tom Lee Park on June 12, stretching 218 feet toward the river and delivering panoramic views of the Mississippi, Wolf River Harbor, downtown Memphis, and the Arkansas shoreline. After nearly two years…

The Memphis Grizzlies are not going anywhere. According to Duncan Williams, the leader of the Greater Memphis Chamber, plans are underway to keep the team in downtown Memphis for decades to come. The interim president of the Chamber told an audience this week that, after meeting with Grizzlies President Jason Wexler and seeing the plans…

Six Memphis-area companies now hold spots on the Fortune 1000, a showing that puts the city’s corporate muscle on full national display. Fortune’s latest ranking of America’s largest companies by revenue features three Memphis heavyweights inside the Fortune 500: FedEx, International Paper, and AutoZone. Memphis Business Journal reports that three more multibillion-dollar Memphis-area companies made…

Featured Photo: Cristina McCarter, Zack Orsborn, and Yo Breezye, three Memphians betting on themselves. Memphis just earned national recognition as one of the best places in America to chase an idea. A new Squarespace analysis of more than 100 U.S. cities ranks Memphis No. 7 among cities where passion projects thrive, putting the Bluff City…