An undisclosed number of employees have been furloughed by Memphis-based Varsity Spirit in response to a threatened loss of business from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health Department made public some social-distancing guidelines that golf courses should follow if they want to operate. But the eight public courses in the City of Memphis will remain closed.

Heat map shows where positives are clustered now based on where the victims live. A version coming will show outbreaks based on workplace addresses.

My calendar has become remarkably clear, and I’ve gained more than an hour of my day back that is allotted to my commute. There is time to think critically, to assess and to think aspirationally. We have time to make big moves, and we must plan for a time beyond COVID-19.

Maleelo Shamambo, a neuroscience major and French minor at Rhodes College, is one of only 47 graduating college seniors nationwide to receive the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which provides a $36,000 grant for one year of independent study and travel outside the United States.

Up to 30 people who have been tested for COVID-19 at Christ Community Health Services have seen their results delayed, including County Commissioner Tami Sawyer. 

Gregory Realty has just purchased the Cooper-Young shopping center occupied by local and national tenants. 

FedEx said it will implement surcharges on international shipments effective April 6, due to limited cargo capacity, particularly in Asia.

Sale puts real estate investment trust one step closer to leaving the Memphis market.

Health department confirms six positive cases in unnamed East Memphis assisted living facility.

Legions of laid-off residents, from restaurant and hotel workers to self-employed, freelancers and participants in the gig economy, await Tennessee's processing of enhanced unemployment benefits funded by Uncle Sam.

An entire nation washing its collective hands for 20 seconds each, numerous times a day, burns through a lot of soap.

Midsouth Makers is scaled up to continue production for as long as it's needed, members say. Their only worry is that the supply chain for 3-D printer filament may break down.

With a number of large commercial spaces sitting open along the busy U.S. 64/Stage Road corridor in Bartlett and the Wolfchase area, and new commercial development underway at the southwest corner of Stage and Germantown Road, the race is on as property representatives search for the right fit for those empty spaces.

Some local golf courses are open but imposing social-distancing precautions. 

Local professionals give advice for small businesses hurt by coronavirus plague and steps businesses can take to get needed capital.

Abuses of social-distancing restrictions at city parks could force the city to close them.

The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.

The FedEx Express hub in Memphis has added no-touch thermal imaging and forehead temperature testing for workers, vendors and visitors to its precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Memphis-area groceries say there’s no shortage of food products, but paper products is another story.

FedEx responded quickly when federal agencies asked for expedited movement of coronavirus test specimens from remote testing sites to labs. The network launched Saturday, March 21.

In its first coronavirus-related fraud case, the Department of Justice shut down the website “coronavirusmedicalkit.com” that offered consumers a World Health Organization vaccine kit. There are currently no legitimate vaccines.

Taking the long view, Gill Properties is forging ahead with construction of a $3.9 million commercial center in East Memphis despite the recent economic disruption caused by COVID-19.

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.

Statewide, nearly half of those who have contracted the disease (386, or 47%) are between the ages of 21-40.