Memphis hospitals unite, pledge to work together to combat coronavirus
Leaders of the city’s four major medical institutions have worked out unprecedented terms of cooperation among their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christ Community holds drive-thru COVID-19 testing
The organization administered tests to 50 patients, after pooling together resources from throughout its citywide clinics, as test supplies are still in global scarcity.
Coronavirus daily blog, March 21: Health official says spread continuing in families, workplaces
The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 42, and the Shelby County Health Department says the increase is "not unexpected because testing has increased, especially by commercial laboratories.” •MATA to implement social distancing on buses, trolleys
• Gibson’s Donuts to close temporarily
• Alcohol Commission approves beer with to-go orders
Calkins: The Bread Emergency (from the inside)
Scotty Oates, 29, understands the 'hell' of living inside the coronavirus crisis. No, Oates is not a doctor. He's a bread man.
Strickland expands list of business closings in city
The expanded set of businesses come as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city increases and follows through on Mayor Jim Strickland's pledge that the city's state of civil emergency he declared this past week would be expanded.
For first time, Memphis gets sense of how many have been tested
There is no combined count of how many novel coronavirus tests have been performed by the local health department and private hospitals. But the head of the health department says the number of tests isn't as important as the upward climb in those who test positive.
Metro
The Early Word: The Glo will go on, and Finebaum has a sick burn for the Big 12
Cops charged in Nichols’ death get new sentencing dates, Hogan learned the wrasslin’ ropes in Memphis and we’ve got a hot tip on a cold meal for a hot day.
Spirit of Memphis Hulk Hogan learned the ropes of wrasslin’ in Memphis
Premium Business U of M sets fundraising record, officials say
Public Safety New sentencing dates set for former cops charged in Tyré Nichols death
Business
Food Files: The mushroom queen is back to support local chefs
The mushroom queen returns with a selection of guest chefs at her Artist Table. Plus, Horn Lake gets a Chipotle.
Premium Transportation & Logistics As airport works to ease parking issues, it finds new management company
Premium Spirit of Memphis Dr. Marion Dugdale championed hemophilia patients in clinics and classrooms
Premium Ford Megasite BlueOval City megasite authority plans to protect Memphis aquifer
Sports
Redbirds Recap: Outfielder posts eighth multi-home-run game by Memphis player in 2025
Right fielder Matt Koperniak homers twice; starting pitcher Curtis Taylor goes scoreless through seven in win.
Memphis Tigers Basketball ESPN’s Finebaum says Big 12’s rejection of Memphis is ‘an absolute disgrace’
Premium Sports Buckley: Another Memphis minor-league football franchise in the wind? Don’t be shocked.
Premium High School Sports Prep football 2025: Challenging schedule will test Lausanne early and often
Food
Food Files: The mushroom queen is back to support local chefs
The mushroom queen returns with a selection of guest chefs at her Artist Table. Plus, Horn Lake gets a Chipotle.
Suburbs
Jimmy Stokes is Horn Lake’s first Black mayor but he got his start at Kroger
Get to know the former planning commissioner who defeated his Republican opponent by fewer than 100 votes.
Arts & Culture
Party in an Uptown alley, art-crawl in the Edge and dance at a coffee shop
This week, GloRilla’s show goes on despite her arrest, the Last Vegan on Earth is in Crosstown and the “Most Epic Lemonade Stand in Memphis History” is in Collierville.
Opinion
Conaway: I’m willing to let this masterpiece slide
“We need to start clawing back, kicking and screaming, that which was given and guaranteed by the bodies who stole it from us in the night — literally.”
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: How a Collierville man, and non-professional baseball player, found his way to the Home Run Derby
On today’s AM/DM podcast, The Daily Memphian’s Mary Cashiola talks to state sports writer of the year winner John Varlas about Joe Caruso’s background and what he thought of the derby.