No local guidance on what CDC advice means for Shelby County
Decision on masking mandate rests with the county mayor’s office. Aside from a tweet endorsing the CDC guidelines Wednesday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris refused comment.
Decision on masking mandate rests with the county mayor’s office. Aside from a tweet endorsing the CDC guidelines Wednesday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris refused comment.
“Stay true to what you do and try not to worry about the outside factors,” Tigers defensive line coach Kyle Pope said.
All the property within the vast, old Memphis Army Distribution Depot has been sold to private owners, so the public board overseeing the site was to have been dissolved Wednesday. But neighbors’ concerns delayed the action.
The board also approved zoning variances for a Georgia-based developer that plans to build affordable housing complexes in the North Poplar neighborhood near Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Collierville’s mayor and aldermen took steps towards its next fire station and operating its own ambulance service.
Ridgeway Trace shopping center operates at a prime junction for Memphis retail: Interstate 240 and Poplar. The property changed hands this week.
Though the school announced Wednesday it would be adding new outdoor seating options for the upcoming season, there’s a much larger vision.
Eastbound traffic will resume by Monday, Aug. 2, and westbound lanes will reopen Friday, Aug. 6. Crews will continue some work on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge even after the span across the Mississippi River resumes.
As of 5 p.m. July 21, there were 162 COVID-19 positive people in area hospital beds.
Robert Machen has been named chief information officer for Prospero Health, which runs its operational headquarters in Memphis.
The National Civil Rights Museum plans to mark its 30th anniversary in late September with a “community celebration.”
As the Tigers experienced last season, a COVID outbreak can potentially setback a season.
Jennifer Biggs: “It’s the best time of the year to eat local, we talk about tomato pies, quiche, beer — and this: Do grownups eat cereal?”
Grizzlies Draft headquarters
Welcome to the day before the NBA draft. Typically this is when the chatter around potential picks and trades starts to accelerate.
Summer basketball is right around the corner.
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the Grizzlies’ trade with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman has always said the goal is to bring an NBA title to Memphis. And if that required dealing Jonas Valanciunas, he was willing to do it. Memphis fans should be glad.
Jennifer Biggs: A follow-up tip for last week’s apple cake; a visit to an Uptown brewery; My Favorite Things comes back this week after a visit to Dory and Slim Chickens hired errybody.
Arlington and Bartlett school districts have announced safety protocols for the coming year even as they watch changing federal recommendations.
One Beale’s developer unveiled the final renderings for the 20-story, $190 million Grand Hyatt Hotel. Construction is to start early next year.
Also happening this week: UTHSC breaks ground on a new building, and the Tigers take on UAB in the Battle of the Bones.
Though there is no official word yet on what will move into the space, we asked Daily Memphian readers what they think the unnamed retailer might be.
At this practice, fans got a glimpse of what’s had head coach Tuomas Iisalo in such an upbeat mood at training camp all week: every player likely to make the roster healthy and ready to go.
“I love this dish because it reminds me of fall,” said the owner of Mrs. Hippie Eats in Hernando. “We’re trying to manifest cooler weather with dishes that feel more like Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday.”
Interpretive markers and QR codes share photos, stories and narrated history about the town’s railroad and farming roots.
Noah Israel, 21, won Beat Garden’s songwriting contest. Judges for the final round included James Fauntleroy and Felly the Voice.
“I’d keep the towels and I’d keep the pride. But I’d like to think of ‘Grit and Grind’ as something we remember rather than an ideal to live up to. Grit should describe what we’ve survived. Let’s figure out how we want to describe the next chapter.”
Democratic congressional nominee Justin J. Pearson talked about ongoing U.S. aid to Ukraine and “America First” on “Behind The Headlines.”
Today’s puzzle features entries in the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest held at Ducks Unlimited. Mark Weber took the photo.