More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 178 new coronavirus cases and six new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday.

Memphis Science and Engineering boys basketball team is the second Shelby County team to be removed from the postseason by TSSAA in two days.

The city released the appointment times for vaccines next week, and one spot has the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine.

Alex Lomax is questionable to play at Houston and the Tigers are still on the NCAA tournament bubble. 

This listing of Memphis-area COVID-19 vaccination sites has been updated with pop-up sites in Hickory Hill, Oakhaven, Orange Mound, Raleigh and South Memphis.

Dory has officially opened on Brookhaven Circle with a locally sourced tasting menu. It’s the only place in town that doesn’t have an a la carte menu.

Ja Morant was almost the hero Thursday night, but Bucks guard Jrue Holiday spoiled his moment.

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Box score: Bucks 112, Grizzlies 111

Alex Anderson plays for father and coach Cedric for final time as Rebels lose in Class 2-A state semifinal.

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Box score: CPA 81, Tipton-Rosemark 70

The town’s Planning Commission favored a conditional use permit for mini-golf at Malco Collierville Towne Cinema Grill & MXT. The permit must still get the green light from the suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Minglewood Plaza owner Richard Roberts also is looking for someone to manage Minglewood Hall concert venue. Other businesses inside Minglewood Plaza continue to operate.

Marquette signee shines in the final game of his ECS career, a loss to Goodpasture in Division 2-A state semifinal.

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Box score: Goodpasture 49, ECS 44

New applications to the Land Use Control Board also include plans for a 156-lot subdivision on Walnut Grove, a 129-lot subdivision near Tenn. 385, and a gated, nine-lot subdivision in East Memphis on White Station Road.

ServiceMaster Brands will be relocating its corporate headquarters to Atlanta. Terminix, the larger of the two companies created in a spinoff last year, has no plans to move its corporate headquarters out of Downtown Memphis.

During this week’s council discussion, sponsor Worth Morgan asked for a list of pet breeders used by the Wolfchase store franchisee. When he didn’t get it but an offer of a guided tour, Morgan compared it to inspecting a nuclear facility in Iran.

For the past 13 weeks, city solid waste crews have been combining recyclables with other waste in a single collection because of the large number of crew member out with the COVID-19 virus or those in quarantine for possible exposure to the virus.

The Trojans, who shot 64.7% in the first half, connected on just 26.3% in the second.

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Division 2-A girls basketball semifinal box score: Providence Christian 42, Northpoint 40

One of the hearings scheduled for next month will be on the issue of whether an oil pipeline company has a right under state law to use eminent domain proceedings to gain access to property it needs to build the pipeline. 

Punishment stems from incident after Tuesday’s win over Dyer County in regional semifinals that left Dyer County coach Derek McCord with injuries that required hospitalization.

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MASE boys basketball out of postseason due to ineligible player

Kohl’s Kicking rates ECS’ Bennett Brady as the No. 3 long snapper in the country and called him a “freak athlete in the 2022 snapping and still hasn’t reached his true potential.”

The guard has scored 50 points in his last three games. What is his future in Taylor Jenkins’ rotation? 

The number of houses sold in Shelby, Fayette and Tipton counties in February dropped 5.2% from a year earlier. But the week of snowy weather was likely a factor.

Michigan native made 11 starts in central defense in 2020.

According to the latest Shelby County Health Department data, 111,145 people in Shelby County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 47,919 people have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses, meaning they are fully vaccinated.