DeSoto Democrats hope national trend helps local candidates
Democrats took control of the presidency and Congress in 2020. Could DeSoto County be poised to wrest leadership positions from the Republicans in DeSoto County?
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Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian.
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Democrats took control of the presidency and Congress in 2020. Could DeSoto County be poised to wrest leadership positions from the Republicans in DeSoto County?
After a career in the corporate world and time as a DeSoto County judge, Ken Adams resigns the post with an eye on the Olive Branch mayor’s office.
The Salvation Army is working hard to fulfill its holiday season mission as the pandemic impacts giving, but other charitable organizations are doing well.
At the first Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon since social distancing became the norm, Robert Yates saw members tossing business cards across tables, but they did not touch them, they just took photos of the cards.
Girls on the Run finished out the spring semester online, but only about 60% of the girls showed up on Zoom team meetings.
For at least one local worker, where there was once darkness, now there is light.
The Memphis legal community memorialized the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday night, Sept. 21, and vowed her fight for the marginalized will live on in them.
Whether it's a drive-by celebration or a reminder to remain 6 feet apart, everywhere you look there's a sign.
Online car dealer Carvana has seen its stock price rise more than 700% since the pandemic started in March.
When the pandemic struck and businesses shut down to stem to the spread of the coronavirus, Whimsy Cookie didn’t pull back. Instead, the small business expanded.
Other tricks to improve connectivity and reliability include putting a rate limit on gaming consoles and paying for business-class connections.
The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.
Mural's creator: "Life is often hard and challenging. Sometimes it feels like it’s chasing you with a bat, waiting to crack you down."
Women entrepreneurs, who own about half of Memphis area businesses, are finding ways to be creative as a result of challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
New company got a boost for sanitizing and disinfecting properties because of COVID-19, but its focus is restoration and mitigation from weather damage.
Beef supply has been hampered by some processing plants closing temporarily or reducing capacity for coronavirus-related issues.
One florist says sales are down 50% to 70% at local shops the past two months, but business has been picking up closer to Mother's Day.
Memphis company "going all over the world" to find bulbs for the products it makes to kill airborne pathogens, including COVID-19.
Social distancing is creating big challenges for local organizations that provide services and meals to the needy in Memphis.
If mourners can't be part of a funeral while adhering to social distancing, one local professor recommends that people create their own, active way to celebrate and grieve a life.
Miles Mason, who has written four books, says navigating divorce in Tennessee is complicated by a state law dependent on the personal values and biases of individual judges.
Dr. Lou Magnotti sees patients in the busy, often unpredictable Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health with his “collection.”
The CEO of Moment AI will speak on artificial intelligence ethics at an NVIDIA technology conference on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
MATA could equip its entire fleet with safety software developed by a Memphis artificial intelligence company following a pilot program that launches in January.
Memphis is the last stop of a five-city tour across the state to give arts education supporters strategies on being better advocates.
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