J&J said its vaccine works consistently in a broad range of people: A third of participants were over age 60, and more than 40% had other illnesses putting them at risk of severe COVID-19, including obesity, diabetes and HIV.

Mason Miller finishes with a game-high 19 as five Houston players score in double figures.

SCS students won’t go back to school on Feb. 8.

A fallen soldier was honored in his hometown more than a year after he was laid to rest. About 80 gathered in Collierville’s town square to show respect as the award was given to his family.

Eleven Walmart stores are participating in Shelby County.

Plans for a new hotel at the east end of the Beale Street entertainment district show a mostly glass-and-brick building that will house 145 guestrooms. At six stories, the building would tower over the nightclubs and restaurants.

Tennesseans will be vaccinated against COVID-19 faster beginning early next week after President Joe Biden announced a massive purchase of doses, an increased weekly allocation to states and other moves to manage the pandemic.

Education commissioner Penny Schwinn says the Tennessee Department of Health is recruiting schools as vaccination sites and school nurses to give the shots “wherever feasible.” 

As Brooks has struggled in a shooting slump, he also has improved his assist rate and slightly decreased his foul percentage.