Shelby County’s likely survived the worst of COVID-19, though there are two caveats that could alter the trajectory, David Sweat, county health department deputy director, said Thursday.

The town’s Planning Commission favored a conditional use permit for mini-golf at Malco Collierville Towne Cinema Grill & MXT. The permit must still get the green light from the suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

During this week’s council discussion, sponsor Worth Morgan asked for a list of pet breeders used by the Wolfchase store franchisee. When he didn’t get it but an offer of a guided tour, Morgan compared it to inspecting a nuclear facility in Iran.

Minglewood Plaza owner Richard Roberts also is looking for someone to manage Minglewood Hall concert venue. Other businesses inside Minglewood Plaza continue to operate.

Hass will remain president of Rhodes through mid-August.

The number of houses sold in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in February dropped 5.2% from a year earlier. But the week of snowy weather was likely a factor.

New applications to the Land Use Control Board also include plans for a 156-lot subdivision on Walnut Grove, a 129-lot subdivision near Tenn. 385, and a gated, nine-lot subdivision in East Memphis on White Station Road.

Alex Anderson plays for father and coach Cedric for final time as Rebels lose in Class 2-A state semifinal.

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Box score: CPA 81, Tipton-Rosemark 70

Marquette signee shines in the final game of his ECS career, a loss to Goodpasture in Division 2-A state semifinal.

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Box score: Goodpasture 49, ECS 44

The Trojans, who shot 64.7% in the first half, connected on just 26.3% in the second.

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Division 2-A girls basketball semifinal box score: Providence Christian 42, Northpoint 40

Punishment stems from incident after Tuesday’s win over Dyer County in regional semifinals that left Dyer County coach Derek McCord with injuries that required hospitalization.

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MASE boys basketball out of postseason due to ineligible player

One of the hearings scheduled for next month will be on the issue of whether an oil pipeline company has a right under state law to use eminent domain proceedings to gain access to property it needs to build the pipeline. 

Kohl’s Kicking rates ECS’ Bennett Brady as the No. 3 long snapper in the country and called him a “freak athlete in the 2022 snapping and still hasn’t reached his true potential.”