Shelby County purchases old training facility for juvenile detention center
Shelby County plans to invest more than $15 million total in purchasing and converting the facility into a juvenile detention center.
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Shelby County plans to invest more than $15 million total in purchasing and converting the facility into a juvenile detention center.
The Assessor’s Office service representatives can still be reached by phone at or its virtual online chat feature from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
American Job Center locations in Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale and Tipton Counties closed after the state ordered the closures to slow the spread of COVID-19.
The first units at the renovated Renaissance at Steele on Baskin Street were set to be available this month. The timeline for the project has been altered due to rain and COVID-19.
The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.
The Tennessee Department of Health releases the latest numbers: 93 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Shelby County and 615 cases in Tennessee.
The number of confirmed cases in Shelby County is up to 135; confirmed cases are up to 29 in DeSoto County.
Community development corporations in Memphis are having to adjust strategies on the fly to continue serving the communities they serve in often economically distressed areas.
Waffle Mania is giving out free breakfast to students and their families March 30 until April 3. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, co-franchisees of the North Memphis restaurant say it's doing well.
Up to 30 people who have been tested for COVID-19 at Christ Community Health Services have seen their results delayed, including County Commissioner Tami Sawyer.
Health Department medical director Dr. Bruce Randolph said 5,506 have been tested, with 9% positive.
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
Governor Bill Lee will sign Executive Order 23 requiring that Tennesseans stay home unless they are carrying out essential activities as data shows an increase in citizen movement across the state.
Frayser church volunteers its property to become needed testing site in the neighborhood.
There are 132 reported cases of COVID-19 in DeSoto County as of Sunday, April 5, according to the latest numbers from the Mississippi Department of Health.
There are now 3,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, up from 3,321 Saturday. There have been 44 deaths in the state, up from 43 Saturday.
The funding comes from the Federal Transit Administration through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that became law.
Isabella, a 4-year-old patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, sailed into hospital history with her decidedly-of-the-times No More Chemo party.
John McFerren died Saturday of natural causes. He was instrumental in registering African American voters and integrating Fayette County, Tennessee, schools.
Memphis Herman Strickland was a senior vice president at Pinnacle Financial Partners, deacon at New Olivet Worship Center and served on many community boards.
Since it began coronavirus testing March 21, Christ Community has tested more than 400 people and assessed over 2,000 potential cases over the phone.
The number of coronavirus cases in Shelby County currently stands at 789, according to the Shelby County Health Department.
And another residential subdivision is being proposed in Raleigh, this one comprising 11 lots near the intersection of James Road and Warford Street.
With revenues dropping off significantly due to the pandemic, minority business owners are hoping adding online services can help the bridge the gap until it ends.
"There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.
There have been 449 hospitalizations statewide and 592 people have recovered from the disease.