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The housing will provide a home for four ex-offenders who are participating in the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry’s FOCUSED program, an 11-week training program that combines job readiness with the opportunity for selection into vocational training programs.
The ordinance, sponsored by by Republican Commissioner Mick Wright and Democratic Commissioner Van D. Turner Jr., allows people with criminal histories to volunteer to serve.
The series of votes in a marathon County Commission session Monday reflect some budget amendments and changes to various line items. County answers complaints by approving funds to mail license platesRelated story:
The screening will feature Memphis’ musical history, highlight the Hall of Fame’s most exciting moments over the past decade and announce the 2022 Memphis Music Hall of Fame inductees.
“The history of this institution is pivotal to the Black history of Memphis,” Michaela Thomas, a graduating senior who serves as the current Miss LeMoyne-Owen College, said of Memphis’ only HBCU.
The Shelby County mayor hosts an informational forum to talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and why local residents should care.
“If we can expand this liaison partnership into other precincts, we can expand that work and keep children from coming into the juvenile court system,” Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said.
Among three finalists for the Tennessee Department of Education position is Cedrick Gray, a longtime Memphis educator who currently serves as director of education for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ office.
Testing will begin Sept. 6 for Health Department staff.
Three local bar/restaurants have laid down the law: If you want to drink or eat with them, you have to show proof of vaccination or that you’re COVID-free.
DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program.
Order runs through the end of August and may be renewed.
The VA is the first federal agency to mandate vaccines. It applies to employees at the VA Hospital in Memphis. The only other Memphis hospital that mandates vaccinations is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Gov. Lee has requested counties with independent health departments — Shelby, Madison, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Sullivan — that have remaining business restrictions or mask requirements to lift all measures no later than May 30.
“One of the most important things we can all do is ... encourage our friends, our neighbors and our loved ones to take the vaccine.”
‘All told, Shelby County has lost over 1,500 lives,’ Mayor Lee Harris writes. ‘That’s more than the number of soldiers from Shelby County lost during the Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II, combined.’
Look for later hours, bigger tables, less red tape and even a slight loosening of mask use for restaurants under the next health directive.
More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire.
The deadline to apply for a free gardening plot at Shelby Farms is March 8.
Shelby County Fire Department dispatchers are receiving training in dealing with mental health calls and emergencies.
Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1.
More than 2,400 doses wasted in seven separate incidents, state Department of Health says.
No firm timeline has been set for ending the “boil water” notice affecting Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division customers, MLGW officials said Monday, Feb. 22.
After a late-night notification, teachers braved Monday’s weather to receive expiring doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The city has been running the Appling location with UTHSC, vaccinating about 1,000 people a day without long lines and running out of vaccine.