For right now, U of M, Christian Brothers and Rhodes College all intend to have dorms open, classes in person and in some cases, online.

The pandemic has revealed both the size of the disparities here and the outcomes. African Americans account for 56% of the total number of COVID-19 cases in Shelby County but 61% of the deaths.

City Place apartments will comprise 398 units in 15 buildings on 19.8 acres near the southwest corner of Winchester and Forest Hill.

COVID-19, trade wars and efforts to increase efficiency and lower costs in residential deliveries are expected to be front and center when FedEx reports fiscal 2020 and quarterly earnings.

Women entrepreneurs, who own about half of Memphis area businesses, are finding ways to be creative as a result of challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Leaders of the half-century-old organization, challenged by shrunken membership, expected Saturday's annual U.S. flag sale to be its last. But the customers had other ideas. 

For people who have no sick days, unemployment, the cost of testing and the quarantine that may follow are costs they avoid.

Thomas Bryant, a heart transplant survivor, was admitted to the hospital weeks after he had surgery for colon cancer. His COVID treatment and recovery will be part of body of research being gathered around the world that will help scientists know how to treat people with underlying conditions. 

Heather Koury is stepping down after working for 17 years as the first full-time executive director for the Memphis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Varsity Spirit president Bill Seely confirms his company has restarted discussions about moving its headquarters from the suburbs to Uptown's planned Snuff District.

Nearly $500,000 in emergency economic development grants have been approved for 88 Memphis small businesses struggling to rebound from COVID-19. The Four Way is among latest recipients.

The time for “Taps” may have arrived for Memphians for America. The group anticipates its street-corner sales of U.S. flags may be the last after holding the event yearly for a half-century.

Nearly one in four Memphis area workers filed for unemployment benefits at some point since March 15, data shows. As businesses reopened double-digit unemployment rates continued in May.

As part of the package, Baptist will provide a virtual clinic to help people on campus who test positive know what care they need and when it is safe to return to the public sphere.

Josh Hammond at Buster's and other business owners, trying to do the right thing, aren’t entirely sure what the parameters are when employees test positive.

Despite the pandemic, the development team files for a building permit to put the first 107 apartment units, community center and fitness center in the historic buildings of the Snuff District. But, the documents do not yet mention plans for office space.

PRSA Memphis and Memphis Association of Black Journalists emphasize in "Media and Racism" webinar how diversity at all levels in media help organizations paint a true picture.

Shelby County Schools mostly relies on district-employed school resource officers as security staff. They do not carry guns but have pepper spray, the district said. 

The State Board of Education approved an emergency rule on Monday requiring districts and charter leaders to submit plans for how their school communities will teach students in 2020-21 while navigating the pandemic.

Board of Adjustment members praised the vision to revive the historic Luciann movie theater, but rejected a zoning variance with a tie vote because of a procedural issue.

Emilia Pinto believes that when the second genetic mutation aligns with a gene introduced by Brazilian colonizers, the incidence for cancer increases.

Amtrak says it will reduce service on City of New Orleans to three times a week starting Oct. 1 because of COVID-19, but daily service could resume next summer. 

The plan is to preserve the bottom 20 feet of 7 Vance’s historic masonry facade, plus the smokestack.

Octapharma Plasma is seeking a conditional use permit to operate where the Salvation Army closed its Family Store and Donation Center on Austin Peay Highway.

Benjamin Pring, co-founder of the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work, said COVID-19 has spurred faster adoption of virtual meetings, voice-recognition platforms and technologies enabled by machine learning.