Memphis News Today: Stories That Matter to Our City

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…

David McKinney didn’t wait until the tail end of his career to give back. The University of Memphis law alumnus and his wife, Dr. Shanea McKinney, recently launched the David E. McKinney Law Fellowship at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law—and they did it while still in what most would consider…

Memphis is getting professional women’s tennis this summer. And the first big name on the board is a former US Open champion. Sloane Stephens has accepted a wildcard entry into the Memphis Classic, the new WTA event coming to Leftwich Tennis Center from July 25 through August 2. “Memphis, I’m excited to see you guys this summer,” Stephens…

On the evening of May 20, Cossitt Library felt like a room that knew it was part of something. High school students from the Memphis Jazz Workshop opened the program with D’Angelo’s “How Does It Feel.” Writers, educators, and creatives filled the downtown library as the City of Memphis prepared to name its first poet laureate, a role the…

The numbers are notable, but the story behind them matters more. The First Horizon Foundation, the charitable arm of Memphis-headquartered First Horizon Corp., has surpassed $200 million in total grants since its founding, with a significant share flowing back into the city where the bank was born. As reported this week by the Memphis Business Journal, the…