Unemployment rate in Shelby County slides
Memphis’ unemployment rate fell from a revised 13.1% in October to 8.6%.
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Arts & Culture Brooks closing through Jan. 22
Brooks plans to reopen Jan. 23 if directive expires.
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Metro Crye-Leike eclipses $2B in sales in Memphis Region
Memphis-based Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associates and offices in nine states.
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Memphis Tigers FootballWhat they’re saying on Twitter: Memphis comes out on top in Montgomery Bowl
The Tigers’ mission: Break their five-game losing streak in bowl games.
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Metro ACE Awareness Foundation and its parenting places closing in March
More than 5,000 counseling sessions have been conducted since the first two Universal Parenting Places opened in Memphis in 2015.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Jordan Nichols has joined Marx-Bensdorf as an Affiliate Broker. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a director and actor for theater productions and companies in Memphis, Atlanta and New York. He is a graduate of White Station High School and New York University.
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Coronavirus Watch the Dec. 22 COVID-19 Task Force briefing
The Shelby County Health Department reported 905 new coronavirus cases and three new coronavirus related deaths on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
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Health Care Methodist pushes minimum pay up to $15 an hour
Move completes the second phase of a program MLH started in 2019 to increase minimum pay across the system.
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Arts & Culture Local radio personality dies after ‘tragic accident’
Known as “The Jar,” Chris Jarman was part of “Drake and Zeke in the Morning” during its heyday.
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Coronavirus Watch the Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing
For the first time in the pandemic, the Shelby County Health Department reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a daily update on Thursday, Dec. 17.
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Transportation & Logistics Dunavant sees job growth coming in Houston
Dunavant Distribution Group executives said a new lease of logistics space near the Port of Houston should enable the company to add 30 to 50 employees.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Lehman-Roberts Co. and sister company Memphis Stone & Gravel, a leader in the highway paving, construction, asphalt and aggregate industry, have promoted Blake Kimbrough to Asphalt Plants Assistant Superintendent and Howard Green to Asphalt Plants General Superintendent.
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Coronavirus Watch the Dec. 15 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing
The Shelby County Health Department reported 893 new COVID-19 cases and nine more coronavirus-related deaths in its daily update Tuesday, Dec. 15.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus: Shelby County adds almost 1,000 new cases in one day
The day’s numbers were the highest new coronavirus case totals since the beginning of the pandemic. There are five new related deaths.
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Sports What Twitter’s saying in regular-season finale: FG gives Memphis 30-27 win over Houston
Brady White this afternoon became Memphis’ all-time passing yards leader; Calvin Austin III goes over 1,000-yard mark this season.
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Coronavirus Watch the Dec. 10 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing
The Health Department reported 695 new coronavirus cases and six related deaths on Thursday, Dec. 10. The total of COVID-related deaths is 722.
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Memphis Tigers Football Memphis-Houston kickoff time moved to afternoon
The regular-season finale at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium will be televised on ESPNU.
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Health Care Beale St. club among latest health department closures
Three more businesses have been cited for a variety of COVID-safety violations.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh, PLLC, one of Memphis’ largest law firms, recently welcomed attorney Patrick Walker to the firm as a member.
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Metro UTHSC hosting CDC director in virtual conversation
The public is invited to the Zoom conversation on COVID-19 at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14.
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Germantown MAA increases dividend
The quarterly dividend is payable Jan. 29, 2021, to shareholders of record on Jan. 15.
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Coronavirus Watch the Dec.8 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing
A total of 151 area ICU patients were COVID-positive, and nine were suspected of having the virus as of 5 p.m. Monday, according to Tennessee’s Healthcare Resource Tracking System. They represented nearly 41% of the total number of ICU patients.
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Metro Fogelman enters Fort Myers multifamily market
Fogelman and DRA Advisors have acquired 33 apartment communities since 2003.
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Collierville Collierville students return to classrooms next week
Collierville middle and high school students will return to classrooms next week, ending a one-week remote-learning approach due to coronavirus.
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Arts & Culture Freeman leaves National Civil Rights Museum for Baltimore post
During her six-year tenure, Freeman oversaw the museum’s year-and-a-half-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel.
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