City could allow some tourist attractions, museums to open in Phase 1
Parts of Memphis’ $3.5 billion a year tourism industry could make a comeback as soon as next week. The city will vet reopening plans on a case-by-case basis.
Masked Memphis
Memphians practicing social distancing and following recommended safety measures while in public sport the latest fashion accessory, coronavirus masks, turning us all into benign bandits.
Food drive helps stock stranded international students’ pantries
When a group of local Malaysian-American professionals heard that University of Memphis' international students were having trouble keeping food on their plates, they banded together to stage a food drive.
Coronavirus live blog: Shelby County reports 98 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths
In Shelby County, 53 individuals have died from the virus.
Positivity rate still slowing after 30,000 COVID-19 tests in Shelby County
As Shelby County approaches the beginning of "Back to Business" on Monday, 30,000 tests have been administered in the area. A downward trend in the percentage of positivity points to slower spreads of COVID-19, despite rising totals of infected citizens.
Politics Podcast: How the pandemic highlights digital divide, poverty
MICAH director Rev. Ayanna Watkins talks about bail reform, the digital divide and homelessness and the new look its getting with the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic in Shelby County.
UPDATE: YMCA will make Goodlett Farms building its HQ and Resource Center
The YMCA of Memphis & the Midsouth confirmed Saturday that it bought and will use as its resource center a 55,888-square-foot office building in Cordova's Goodlett Farms office park.
Conflicting reopening plans poised to end countywide alliance on pandemic
Shelby County's suburban cities are beginning to expand on openings allowed under the first phase of the local "Back to Business" phased plan and will allow "close contact" businesses to open next week.
Penny Hardaway supports NCAA rule changes
Coach Penny Hardaway calls for action from the NCAA to fight G-League.
Retailers mull reopening Monday, if allowed to
Not every business will be willing or prepared to reopen Monday even if allowed to under the Memphis and Shelby County "Back to Business" plan.
University of Memphis provides communication boards for local hospitals
The boards produced inside the Memphis Speech and Hearing Center allow COVID-19 patients on ventilators to communicate without talking.
FedEx sees no impact from announced protest by workers
FedEx said an announced national job action against several companies in the e-commerce and shipping businesses had "no impact" on operations Friday.
Metro
Ford resignation letter dodges guilty plea, cites ‘antagonistic environment’
Ford filed a resignation letter to the Shelby County Commission, as required by his guilty plea to federal tax-evasion charges. Meanwhile, county commissioners have a timetable for filling the vacancy. County Commission plows through agenda from snowed-out meeting quicklyRelated content:
State Government RFK Jr. touts administration efforts, makes autism claims in Nashville
Shelby County County Commission plows through agenda from snowed-out meeting quickly
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Business
Uncovering the Legacy at 87 Adams: Downtown Memphis church will memorialize thousands
From 1855 to 1862, about 3,800 slaves were sold in what is now Calvary Episcopal Church’s parking lot. The church is shedding a light on this history, and it received a major grant for its effort.
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Winter Weather Business From Cash Saver to Kroger, stores work to restock after winter storm
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Sports
Trade Deadline Tracker: Waiting on a Ja Morant deal
The NBA trade deadline is 2 p.m. Thursday. Here’s the landscape as of Wednesday afternoon.
Memphis Tigers Football Tigers coach Huff says local high school recruiting is ‘50-50’ proposition
Memphis Tigers Football Memphis coach Charles Huff wants 2026 recruiting class to dream big
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Food
Table Talk: Ring in the Lunar New Year with The Daily Memphian
To begin our revived Restaurant Insider series, we’ll gather at Good Fortune Co.
Premium Business With savory hand pies, Whisks of Doom whips up a different type of bakery
Suburbs
Ex-St. George’s basketball player faces 8 felonies in campus sexual assault case
A 19-year-old accused of eight felonious accounts related to two sexual assaults on the St. George’s campus appeared in court. His attorney says much of the story is still untold.
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Arts & Culture
Pro cornhole comes to town, and the Dixon celebrates 50 years
In this week’s To-Do List, a new Pink Palace exhibit explores the science and culture of food. And Urban Earth hosts a workshop on air plants.
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Opinion
Opinion: Like Minneapolis, Memphis doesn’t have an ‘immigration problem’
“Introducing immigration enforcement into our neighborhoods does not make us safer; it fractures trust, drives fear underground and harms families who are already contributing quietly and faithfully to the life of this city.”
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Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: A Ford era ends
Last year, Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was charged with seven counts of federal bribery and tax evasion charges. This week, he pleaded guilty to five of them.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: The difference between Memphis and Minneapolis
Games
Sudoku: Feb. 3
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