The fund will be divided into three focus areas: education, food insecurity and support for small businesses and people in the local gig economy.

The Links at Whitehaven city golf course will reopen Saturday, April 18, in the first loosening of restrictions in the city’s state of civil emergency.

Eli Morris is feeling better after testing positive for COVID-19. Now he and the rest of the clergy at Hope Church are focusing on those in the community who are facing the same challenges he faced — usually with fewer resources.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said five inmates at 201 Poplar and 31 of his employees have tested positive for COVID-19. He said everyone who comes into the facilities has to wear a mask. 

Virginia Tech transfer Lander is, picked his final three destinations to play college basketball, including Memphis, along with Georgia and Ole Miss.

Behind the Saturday trial opening of the city-owned Links at Whitehaven course is a lot of jockeying for positions by local businesses that want to be in the first wave of reopenings — from elective medical procedures by doctors to car washes and barber shops and nail salons to restaurants. 

Twenty Downtown businesses severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have now received forgivable loans totaling $135,000.

As Congress debates adding more funds to the Paycheck Protection Program, many small businesses try to hang on.