All Thursday appointments run through the Health Department have been postponed a week.

The day’s positivity rate hovered around 8%. 

Readers were showing off Super Bowl food on Table Talk and getting their instant potatoes in the mail. Plus, an old reliable reopened for lunch, and some local small businesses are expanding.

Each college will receive $1 million, with a portion going towards students, faculty and staff impacted by COVID-19.

The letter to pastors and congregations from seven council members points to a racial disparity in the virus and death rates from the virus as well as testing that is now surfacing in vaccination numbers for the county. 

The Appling City Cove vaccination site remains the closest site for Northeast Shelby County as suburbs in that area seek a location to serve their citizens.

Less than a week after inking the best recruiting class in program history, coach Ryan Silverfield showed he’s still not taking his foot off the pedal.

Project was designed by A2H in Memphis and Detroit, Michigan-based SmithGroup.

Senior averaging 23.7 points in the past three contests.

As the public continues to voice its frustration with the local COVID-19 vaccine process, Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter says she understands the frustration and that the ‘buck stops’ with the Health Department. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris declined to comment.

Opponents are shooting 13% better than the league average from 3-point range during the Grizzlies’ losing streak. 

The measure could move to a vote before the full Senate if it passes through the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, which is scheduled to meet on Feb. 16.

Wolf River Hospitality Group is moving its corporate offices to Germantown occupying the former Mesquite Chop House site on Forest Hill-Irene Road.

The Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum will move just two blocks from its long-time headquarters at 158 Madison.

Beer for dessert? Maybe. Sisco Larson and Kat Gordon talk with Jennifer Biggs about what to pair with your last course.

Plans for the interactive sculpture were among several new riverfront developments, including Mud Island renovations, reviewed Tuesday, Feb. 9, by the Memphis River Parks Partnership board.

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. approved $28 million in tax breaks Tuesday, Feb. 9, but members were critical of the absence of one of the developers seeking incentives.

UTHSC confirms it has identified two variant strains of the virus in Shelby County.

Get ready to be on NCAA tournament bubble watch, Tigers fans. 

Charter schools run by nonprofit organizations are allowed to make their own plans about reopening buildings. That means about a quarter of Memphis students attend public schools that are not obligated to follow Superintendent Joris Ray’s decision to continue all-virtual learning. 

Around 9:30 a.m. the Health Department said it would administer second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Germantown Baptist Church on Friday.

As favorite restaurants have reopened during the past year, it’s felt like visiting old friends when you walk back through the doors.

Desmond Bane made his first start, and Jonas Valanciunas had 27 points and 20 rebounds in the loss.

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