The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly About Debt, Memphis

Federal student loan borrowers can now get a bigger interest rate cut for enrolling in auto pay

Federal student loan borrowers who enroll in automatic payments are now eligible for a larger interest rate reduction, but ...

Borrowers could face higher student loan repayments as new rules take effect July 1

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Big changes are underway for federal student loans, and new rules might mean higher monthly payments. As of ...

King crab seafood boil: Memphis meet & greet experience

Bloves documents a king crab seafood boil during the Memphis meet and greet experience.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly About Debt

The tried-and-true example of a good debt is your home mortgage. Many of us can’t buy a home with all cash, so we go into debt to carry a mortgage with a monthly payment. The mortgage debt, in turn, ...

Shelby County Government set to approve budget as deadline looms

Shelby County Government is planning to pass its budget with only hours left until the start of the next fiscal year. The ...

VINE Foods plants roots in Memphis with innovative urban farm

VINE Foods unveiled its unique farming methods that could help produce more local food in a more cost-effective way for ...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young shakes up administration with new appointments

Memphis Mayor Paul Young appointed three new division heads Friday, changing the administration after the city passed a $900 million budget.

Memphis nonprofits, universities receive nearly $6 million in grants

Over 40 agencies received awards from the program, with 10 of those awards coming from federally-funded programs.

Red Oak Capital Provides $7.7M Acquisition Loan for Multifamily Community in Memphis

MEMPHIS, TENN. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided a $7.7 million loan for the acquisition and repositioning of Valley Forge Apartments, a 229-unit multifamily community located at 176 Hillview ...

MATA seeks $13M loan from city of Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Transit troubles continue as the city’s transit authority looks to stabilize, following years of misspending and multi-million dollar deficits. However, MATA is now looking for yet ...

Memphis-Area SBA Loan Recipients in Q4 2025

SUMMARY: The largest SBA loan recipients in Memphis received or were approved for loans through the Small Business Administration's 7(a) or 504 programs from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025. NEW APPROACH: ...

Memphis-Area SBA Loan Recipients, 2024-2025

SUMMARY: This list includes 92 Memphis-based SBA loan recipients who had loans approved in the full year ending in June 30, 2025, and includes some recipients previously published in Memphis Business ...

Looking back at highs, lows of Ja Morant's 7-year Grizzlies career

Star guard Ja Morant to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray. The deal ends Morant’s seven ...

Memphis startup redefining crowdfunding as ‘crowd-saving’

A Memphis tech startup has released an app that’s designed to flip the crowdfunding world on its head by letting users ...

Memphis duo sentenced for robbing, carjacking construction workers

A Memphis man and an Oxford, Mississippi man will spend several years in prison for their roles in robbing 10 construction ...

Memphis man sentenced to over 78 years in federal prison for 3 business robberies

A federal judge has sentenced Maurice Harris, 32, to 946 months and a day in federal prison for committing a series of ...

Ground vehicle crashes into Southwest Airlines plane at Memphis International

A Southwest Airlines plane is reportedly out of service after it was struck by a ground vehicle at the Memphis International ...

Live at the Garden returns. A guide to the Memphis concert series

The Live at the Garden concert series at the Memphis Botanic Garden is celebrating its 26th year. This year's lineup includes ...

Bonus payments announced in $725M Facebook privacy settlement. Here’s how much you’ll get

(NEXSTAR) – Another round of payments is about to go out in the landmark $725 million class action settlement over Facebook users’ privacy issues. A U.S. District Court in California issued an order ...

‘They want the country to be what it was in 1776’: anger in Memphis after Republicans redraw voting maps

Tennessee Republicans eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district after the supreme court gutted part of the Voting Rights Act From the bridge on Poplar Avenue, above ...

Memphis dog-walker makes haunting discovery: Bones of 3 children

A dog-walker in Tennessee helped lead investigators to the discovery of unidentified remains of three young children in a case that Memphis’ police chief is calling "disturbing." The Memphis Police ...

Do You Even Need a Debit Card? The Truth in 2026

Debit cards have been around for upwards of 50 years -- but they've arguably never been less relevant than they are now. Between credit cards, mobile wallets, and digital payment apps, debit cards are ...

PayPal Debit Card Review 2026

Chanelle Bessette is a personal finance writer at NerdWallet covering Banking, especially Checking Accounts and Cash Management Accounts. She previously worked at Fortune, Forbes and the Reno ...

Debit card fraud protection: What to know if your card is compromised

In 2024, debit cards are a popular method of payment — almost as popular as credit cards. But there are several drawbacks to using debit cards over credit cards and other forms of payment, including ...