The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.
The city could close parks if social distancing is not maintained.
Lee commented as he moved the state's daily briefing on the pandemic to Memphis and met with local leaders. State officials announced the death toll from the virus in the state has now risen to six.
Across-the-street neighbors Melinda Henson and Laura Allen realized they weren't seeing as much of each other as they should. So they took it upon themselves to connect as only two elementary school teachers could. In the process, they taught a lesson to us all.
The FedEx Express hub in Memphis has added no-touch thermal imaging and forehead temperature testing for workers, vendors and visitors to its precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
“We’re building an airplane in the air and doing it on a stopwatch. We’ve got a minute to build it.”
Lloyd Kimble, a 55-year-old Navy veteran, is a detective of an entirely different sort, one most people never think about.
Local health and government leaders refuse to say how many people have been tested, how many coronavirus patients are currently in the hospital or how many test kits are available locally.
I’m worried about everyone. Not just my family, not just my friends, not just the people who work around me. But every single person I see.
More than 200 inmates have been released from the county jail and several cases dismissed in an effort to reduce the jail population amid fears over COVID-19.
Elliot Perry and Justise Winslow make two food distribution events possible for Memphis Athletic Ministries.
Rev. Brad Whitaker was Hamilton County’s first confirmed COVID-19 case. Church leaders and county health officials began notifying anyone who had come in contact with him. That list included Bishop Phoebe Roaf of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee.
Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.
Advocates and experts say isolation caused by coronavirus raises concerns about an increase in domestic violence incidents.
A host of community members, local activists and some local officials gathered at the National Civil Rights Museum to express their thoughts on the DOJ’s report.
BLDG Memphis has already helped grow 1,150 small businesses in seven Memphis neighborhoods through its Community Navigator Pilot Program. The nonprofit’s new project will build on that success.
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The rapper, whose real name is Gloria Woods, graduated from Orange Mound’s Melrose High in 2017. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, she returned with a $25,000 check towards a new media center for the school.
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