New COVID case count lowest since late December
The Shelby County Health Department reported 474 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, Feb. 1.
Jasmine McCraven
Digital Desk Reporter
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Music Stax Museum added to U.S. Civil Rights Trail
Clayborn Temple, Mason Temple Church of God in Christ and the National Civil Rights Museum are among the Memphis sites.
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Metro Winter storm to hit parts of Mid-South
The National Weather Service issued a winter ice storm advisory on Wednesday, Feb. 2. It will be in effect until Friday.
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Performing Arts Black History Month events roll in for February
Stax, National Civil Rights Museum and gear up to celebrate Black History Month.
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Coronavirus Health Officials adjust local COVID data
The Shelby County Health Department has added an additional number of cases to the total COVID-19 case count.
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Business Restaurant workers ready to spill the beans at local storytelling event
Spillit’s next Slam will be an Industry Night, with free admission for restaurant workers.
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Metro Health Department facilities, clinics closed
Shelby County Health Department facilities are closed today due to inclement weather.
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Metro More than 60,000 remain without power
Out of about 140,000 Memphis Light, Gas & Water customers who lost power Thursday, thousands still do not have electricity.
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Metro As number of local power outages drop, repair difficulty increases
As of 5:30 p.m. Monday, more than 60,000 MLGW customers remained without power out of the 140,000 or so who initially lost it.
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Music Elvis impersonators are taking their talents to the metaverse
Elvis Presley Enterprises is hoping to break the late singer’s world record, this time, in the metaverse.
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Metro How MLGW’s 10% is surviving: Living days without power
The Daily Memphian asked for people still without electricity to share their stories. Many of them have lost loads of groceries, are living with neighbors or have reached financial limits after being forced to buy rooms at local hotels.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Valentine’s concerts, Broadway’s Tootsie and virtual Stax films
This week, see Memphis jookin’ legend Lil Buck and the Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” at the Orpheum, learn the history of Memphis street names, and treat yourself (and maybe your special someone) to Valentine’s week concerts.
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Food Local brewery celebrates Memphis’ Black history
Beale Street Brewing Co. celebrates prominent Memphis figures for Black History Month.
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Coronavirus Officials to cut back on COVID briefings
Health officials announced on Thursday, Feb. 10, that the now-weekly briefings will first scale back to biweekly, before ceasing altogether.
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Business Petal to the mettle: Local florist back in motion after pandemic
Memphian Colby Midgett, owner of Premier Flowers, was recently featured on a Netflix docuseries.
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City of Memphis MLGW: All original power outages have been restored
MLGW says power has been restored for all customers who lost it following the Feb. 3 ice storm.
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Arts & Culture New exhibit highlights St. Jude’s Black history
“Just as the Lorraine (Motel) was one of the few places in the 1960s where African Americans were welcomed, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors to all at the height of formal segregation,” said Russell Wigginton, president of the National Civil Rights Museum.
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Music Foo Fighters, Van Morrison to headline 2022 Beale Street Music Fest
Beale Street Music Festival organizers are bringing back 10 of its most popular headliners for the 2022 event.
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Visual Arts Exhibit documents Memphians during quarantine
Jamie Harmon spent three months photographing about 2,000 Memphians from outside their windows, front doors and backyards to create visual tales of quarantine.
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Transportation & Logistics After Family Dollar warehouse is closed due to rats, officials want inquiry
Live rodents, dead rodents in “various states of decay,” rodent feces, dead birds and bird droppings were found inside a West Memphis Family Dollar distribution facility, prompting a voluntary recall.
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Visual Arts Statewide art exhibition launches with Brooks, Tone, MRPP
A new statewide triennial — a multi-site, multi-city art exhibition — is slated for next year, and several Memphis organizations plan to participate.
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Performing Arts Orpheum Broadway season includes Tina Turner musical
“Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” is the 12-time Tony-nominated musical written by native Memphian Katori Hall.
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Arts & Culture Robert Church, the Hooks family and Aretha: New museum to showcase South Memphis
The South City Museum and Culture Center is collaborating with the Memphis Museum of Science and History (MoSH) on the project.
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Metro Health Dept. launches site to report at-home COVID test results
The local task force revealed a new testing results portal at its second-to-last COVID briefing as well as a vaccination event in partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Music Megan Thee Stallion to perform at BSMF
Beale Street Music Festival, set for April 29-May 1, will be held at the Fairgrounds in Liberty Park as construction continues at Tom Lee Park. Memphis in May announced the single day line-up performances Monday.
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