Calkins: The class of 2020, and a lost senior spring
The Class of 2020 will not have the senior spring that the rest of us had. It may shape them in important and lasting ways.
The Class of 2020 will not have the senior spring that the rest of us had. It may shape them in important and lasting ways.
Lenard Wells, a University of Memphis criminal justice professor, has died in Milwaukee of apparent COVID-19 complications.
Memphis: 66
DeSoto: 18
Tipton: 5
Fayette: 3
Marshall: 3
Crittenden: 1
Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Sunday, March 22, calling for businesses across the state to use "alternative business models" beginning Monday. Like local orders already in place, it bans dine-in services at restaurants statewide.
YMCA of Memphis & Mid-South has stepped in to make sure students who were relying on Shelby County Schools for meals next week can be fed. Shelby County Schools announced Friday it was suspending its program after a nutrition services employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Many impending weddings are disrupted by the need for social distancing.
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally calls it the “black swan,” an unforeseen event capable of shaking Tennessee’s foundation, yet one the state must be prepared to handle, this time using a military approach on a worldwide scale.
Scotty Oates, 29, understands the 'hell' of living inside the coronavirus crisis. No, Oates is not a doctor. He's a bread man.
Leaders of the city’s four major medical institutions have worked out unprecedented terms of cooperation among their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The organization administered tests to 50 patients, after pooling together resources from throughout its citywide clinics, as test supplies are still in global scarcity.
Shelby County's suburban school districts were supposed to return from Spring Break this coming week but instead are now, like everyone else, figuring out how to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. All are closed at least through the coming week.
Most of the delegates for the Democratic National Convention from the 9th Congressional District go to former vice president Joe Biden. The delegate selection was moved online because of the COVID-19 virus.
For the first time, taxpayers can redirect up to $1,700 ($3400 married couples filing jointly) of federal taxes to fund scholarships at the school of their choice.
The orchestra will salute Beethoven’s 250th birthday with Symphony No. 9, perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin and revisit “Romeo and Juliet” with the help of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company.
National Weather Service forecasters in Memphis expect temperatures to drop to or below the freezing mark late Friday night into Saturday morning.
Edward “Eddie” Saig died Nov. 9 at 87. He was a legend in commercial real estate, but his real legacy was how he helped so many young brokers throughout his career.
Defending Class 4A state champions begin the season as the nation's No. 1 team, according to MaxPreps.
The sandwich features barramundi, grilled to order and lightly brushed with Jamaican jerk sauce as it finishes cooking.
As DeSoto County officials were still counting votes, supporters of Scott Colom began celebrating as news outlets declared the Democratic challenger the winner in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race. Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state’s first Black US senator since ReconstructionRelated content:
In this week’s To-Do List, get a sneak peek inside the Overton Park Greenhouse, have a Dickensian Christmas in Hernando and fall-crawl your way through Cooper-Young.
Mississippi “tied a bright blue bow on a national election in which voters from coast to coast said heck no to the corruption, the incompetence and the feckless fealty to the Trump administration by (Cindy) Hyde-Smith and her GOP colleagues in Congress.”
Over the past few weeks, the owners of the rights to Elvis Presley’s songs have sued artificial intelligence companies, claiming in one suit that “all of the humanity ... that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen.”
This jigsaw puzzle features the portraits of current University of Memphis President Bill Hardgrave and former Presidents David Rudd and Richard Jones.