Gateway Shopping Center to house temporary hospital as city braces for COVID-19 surge
The state plans to build a temporary hospital of non-acute care beds at the Gateway Shopping Center on Jackson Avenue. Other sites are being evaluated.
Coronavirus live blog, April 2: Shelby County at 638 cases, 7 deaths
Governor Bill Lee will sign Executive Order 23 requiring that Tennesseans stay home unless they are carrying out essential activities as data shows an increase in citizen movement across the state.
Tennessee reports surge in jobless claims in Memphis area
The two-week toll in unemployment claims in Greater Memphis counties in Tennessee came to 16,903 when state officials reported regional numbers Thursday, April 2.
COVID-19 will show you no mercy if you show it no respect
COVID-19 is three to five times more infectious than the flu, and up to 10 times more deadly. It can infect your entire respiratory tract from top to bottom. This is why so many victims wind up in an ICU on a ventilator. This is why young, healthy adults can die from it.
FedEx Freight HQ relocating to Southwind area
FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of Memphis-based FedEx Corp., is moving its headquarters to Southwind, near the FedEx Express world headquarters.
Junior college blocks leader commits to Penny Hardaway, Tigers
Memphis picked up a commitment from USC Salkehatchie forward Ahmad Rand. He averaged 9.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game for the Indians last season.
Memphis kindness live blog, April 2: Food Bank, Salvation Army respond to crisis
Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.
Defying stay-at-home order can be misdemeanor
“This is not just a recommendation but a requirement supported in law,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, health department medical officer.
Calkins: Dan Spector was Shelby County’s death number 3 — and a whole lot more
Dan Spector died Tuesday of COVID-19. He loved the Tigers, Judaism, politics, Midtown, newspapers, the arts — and a brilliant white flower that bloomed just one night a year.
Metro
The Station owner trying again for liquor license
The owner of The Station, a proposed high-end liquor store in East Memphis, will appear before the city’s Alcohol Commission next week to ask for a permit.
Free Access Metro It’s about to get really cold in Memphis
City of Memphis ‘The very foundation on which this city was built’ finally renovated
Premium Education MSCS spent millions on safety center with AI-assisted cameras, active-shooter simulator
State Government Tennessee executes Harold Wayne Nichols for killing college student in 1988
Business
The Station owner trying again for liquor license
The owner of The Station, a proposed high-end liquor store in East Memphis, will appear before the city’s Alcohol Commission next week to ask for a permit.
Real Estate Michael Lightman, respected real estate developer, dies
Real Estate New plans for former Club 616, Spectrum
Premium Business Wild Beet to open in former Railgarten space
Ford Megasite Ford and SK On to dismantle their battery joint venture
Sports
Blue team ends losing skid in AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star game
Mr. Football winner Kelvin Perkins is named MVP — throws two touchdown passes and runs for one in annual match at Stokes-Alston Stadium at Memphis University School.
Memphis Tigers Basketball No. 11 Louisville Cardinals fly by Memphis Tigers
Memphis Tigers Basketball Box score: Louisville 99, Memphis 73
Memphis Grizzlies ‘Sage the whole arena': Morant frustrated by loss to Jazz, team injuries
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball What to watch as Memphis renews its rivalry with Louisville
Food
Food Files: Einstein bagels return to U of M library; Local coffee shop is ‘brewing a new chapter’
Plus, a new restaurant is bringing Korean food and culture to Germantown Parkway, and Juiced What You Needed has just what you want for dinner.
Premium Table Talk Table Talk: Comfort foods and holiday traditions
Suburbs
Bailey: Barton sends warning to evil-doers traveling from the north
DeSoto County prosecutor Matthew Barton sends a message to criminals who wander into Mississippi to commit crimes — leave or face consequences.
Premium Elections Newcomer, incumbents plan runs for Bartlett school board
Arts & Culture
Lucero plays a Christmas show, and ‘Slay Bells Ring’ in a holiday whodunit
This week, party like Craig and Day Day from “Friday After Next,” spin the Wheel of Fortune and drink natties (as in natural wines) while eating patties (as in burgers).
Business Memphis in May names honored country for 2026
Opinion
Opinion: Rising health care costs will be breaking point for many Memphians
“Sometime next year, unless Congress changes course, health insurance is going to become a lot more expensive for hundreds of thousands of people in Tennessee.”
Premium Geoff Calkins Calkins: Huff won the press conference in a rout. Can championships be far behind?
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: Inside the FBI’s Operation Viper
Before there was the Memphis Safe Task Force, there was Viper, an FBI operation that occurred very quietly over the past summer.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: Wheel of Fortune, ‘Friday’ party and Phillips on a float
Games
Sudoku: Dec. 12
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.