National Guard deployed to help overwhelmed hospitals
In the first 15 days of August, there were more hospitalizations than there were in any full month of the pandemic, although not all of those were due to the coronavirus.
In the first 15 days of August, there were more hospitalizations than there were in any full month of the pandemic, although not all of those were due to the coronavirus.
With the draft picks and rostered players resting, Shaq Buchanan led the Grizzlies to a win over the Clippers in the final summer league game.
Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators were highly critical of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces before his speech Monday, Aug. 16. They were more critical after the speech.
Shelby County Schools leaders, however, say the school system’s mask mandate remains in place despite the executive order that also includes mask mandates by school systems. Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner is suggesting the county should take the issue to court.
Memphians are not happy with Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of mask mandates in schools.
Suburban school districts are no longer requiring mask mandates for students, in line with Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order. However, the Shelby County mandate still affects staff.
A state agency also finds that a carpentry subcontractor inappropriately used an automotive winch to lift and lower wood beams, columns, joists and decking from the roof of the historic Butcher Shop Building.
Centers Steven Adams and Jonas Valanciunas are different players. The former has long been known as a dirty-work guy. The latter is a buckets-and-boards machine. But I’m struck by the similarities.
Leaders of a political action committee pushing for a metro charter commission say such a group is necessary to explore a more efficient local government.
Gregory Livingston, the Kroger security guard charged with fatally shooting Alvin Motley, has hired high-powered criminal defense attorneys Leslie Ballin and Steve Farese to represent him.
Veteran Duron Sutton is facing a different kind of challenge this fall after pandemic destroyed 2020 season.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting involving the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
The former Germantown Country Club has closed. It is now officially owned by Farmington-Kimbrough Development Group.
The Mustangs are 48-18 in two seasons under Jevonte Holmes.
Danton Barto, Memphis football’s all-time leading tackler, is in the hospital fighting COVID-19. He sent his wife, Shelly Beth, a text: “Get that shot for me.”
While Shelby County’s population only grew by 1%, the suburbs reflected much higher percentages of population growth across the board.
The elite small forward is inching closer to making his decision, with Oregon and the G League also considered options.
A total of four daily, nonstop flights to the New York area will return this fall.
Kinley, who intends to try to land with another team, had to fight to defer his military commission in order to pursue his NFL dream.
Big Bad Breakfast is behind schedule because of the crippled supply chain, but John Currence should open his first Memphis restaurant within the next month.
A trial date has been set in the civil lawsuit filed by the family of Ramon McGhee, who died last year at the Shelby County Jail.
Real estate agent Ben Boscaccy’s social media fans find his posts to be anything but pedestrian as he treks through the Memphis suburb.
The Memphis Tigers remain nationally ranked in both the AP Top 25 and the coaches poll.
“What it costs to produce a crop is at record numbers, and the price that (Tennessee farmers) get for that corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton … are almost at near-record lows,” said a Farm Bureau Federation staffer.
Real estate agent Ben Boscaccy’s social media fans find his posts to be anything but pedestrian as he treks through the Memphis suburb.
Hoodoo is alive and well, one practitioner said Saturday at the grand opening of the Beale Street Hoodoo History and Folklife Museum on the third floor of A. Schwab’s on Beale Street.
Candace Echols says she walks the line between “a willingness to satisfy my human craving for a good run” and “a consent to be on high alert.”
Today, editorial director Mary Cashiola and food writer Ellen Chamberlain are talking about local restaurants that had to close after some sort of calamity and how they can come back from it all.
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