Coronavirus live blog, May 8: Harris: ‘solid progress’ on indicators of success
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said there is “solid progress” on indicators of success, including testing capacity with an “upward trajectory."
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said there is “solid progress” on indicators of success, including testing capacity with an “upward trajectory."
City council budget committee chairman Martavius Jones talks about the city budget season and the effect of the pandemic on city finances.
With a $700 million budget shortfall looming, House Minority Leader Karen Camper said the state needs make the Education Savings Account program its first cut.
Darrell Cobbins and Kemp Conrad join host Eric Barnes to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic in Memphis, including the impact it has had on businesses and future developments.
Before Zoom, there were letters. My Mom was the best letter-writer I've ever known.
Germantown Elementary wants to replace 10 portables with more classrooms in a 22,000-square-foot building. Although the district says it won't increase traffic neighbors have concerns.
Terry Ryan loved Frayser football, and the feeling was mutual.
Shelby County reported 3,113 coronavirus cases with 66 deaths and 1,803 recoveries from the virus as of Friday, according to the health department.
EDGE has approved $121,500 in NEED grants for 21 neighborhood businesses to date, 19 of those being minority and women-owned businesses.
The plan includes at least 140 full-time employees working on the COVID-19 virus efforts locally over a long period of time. Harris also wants to fund "wrap-around" services for those isolated or quarantined, including financial support for those who can't work and some place to stay if they are isolated from those with whom they are living.
Altogether, the budget proposal cuts 220 full-time positions and adds 199 part-time positions. It also sets aside $6 million for the 1% salary increase for teachers and licensed staff such as school counselors and psychologists.
Reverend Jacek Kowal cited changing demographics in Collierville, competing private schools and COVID-19 among factors which led to decision to shut school doors.
The cuts do not include a reduction to St. Jude's hospital staff.
Rhodes College, University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University leaders hope life returns to normal when the fall semester should begin, but they are making contingency plans.
Children may face immediate and long-term consequences of COVID-19 – from delays in seeking medical attention for current illnesses, to chronic toxic stress, to the threat of communicable diseases due to delayed vaccinations.
Brenda Cash, a child of deaf parents, uses her first language as an advantage for those unable to access valuable medical information during COVID-19.
A jury convicted a man Wednesday, Feb. 4, for threatening to kill a federal judge and two prosecutors in Memphis last year.
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.
The NBA trade deadline is 2 p.m. Thursday. Here’s the landscape as of Wednesday afternoon.
To begin our revived Restaurant Insider series, we’ll gather at Good Fortune Co.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.
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