For Dedicated Senior Medical Group, it’s better for them when patients stay healthy.

Nearly $30 million in federal pandemic assistance for the city and county governments is being pooled for what city Housing and Community Development Director Paul Young calls a “game-changer.”

‘I suspect most people who read this will think that anti-Semitism is nothing we need to worry about in Memphis, but they are wrong. Wherever white supremacy exists it is led by those who hate Jews.’

MVP Kaia Barnett’s double-double helps clinch victory over Knoxville Catholic in D2-AA final.

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Box score: Hutchison 41, Knoxville Catholic 34

March 6, 2021: Hutchison 41, Knoxville Catholic 34

Parents from Arlington, which had been banned from the rest of the postseason following an incident earlier in the week, had filed an injunction on Saturday.

Marquette signee led the city in scoring in 2020-21 and carried his team to a second straight state tournament berth.

Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty pushed the narrative that Republican-led states were getting less money in the relief bill at the expense of Democratic led states. 

From Feb. 20 to March 6, the Shelby County Health Department reported 66,592 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, compared to 28,705 in the preceding period.

At least 116,660 people in Shelby County have received one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 53,565 people have received both coronavirus vaccine doses, meaning they are fully vaccinated. A total of 170,225 doses have been administered in Shelby County.

The February freeze has left Mid-South gardeners worried that their plants might not survive.

City officials hope to vaccinate at least 700,000 people in Shelby County with at least one dose by Aug. 1. A total of 113,793 people have received at least one shot as of Friday, according to the Health Department.

On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Chase Carlisle talks about bargaining with TVA for a new contract with MLGW without a specific plan for an alternative, his call for the resignation of the Shelby County Health Department’s embattled leader and the 2022 race for Shelby County mayor.

Sheree Renée Thomas was named editor of the venerable Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and she’s one of the authors included in “Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda,” which comes out March 9.

Despite 26 points from Chandler Jackson, CBHS falls short in its bid for an elusive state championship.

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Box score: Brentwood Academy 69, Christian Brothers 61

Conley, a 14-year league veteran who was traded to the Jazz in 2019, was named a reserve Friday, replacing injured Suns guard Devin Booker.

Holly Jansen Fulkerson started work as executive director of Memphis Heritage in January 2020, and resigned on Thursday, March 4.

Johns coached the women’s basketball team from 1972 to 1991 and three NCAA Tournament appearances.

Columnist Geoff Calkins, Grizzlies writer Drew Hill and Tigers basketball writer Danielle Lerner were named top 10 in three writing categories.

After weathering a shaky third quarter, the Sting knocked off two-time defending state champion Nashville Ensworth.

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Box score: Hutchison 59, Ensworth 52

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris believes he may have found a way to stop the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline. Or at least give the community a tool for better regulating projects like it in the future.

Veteran has both MLS and USL experience.

The convenience store with fuel pumps would be built on the southwest corner of Jackson and Evergreen, requiring the demolition of an 86-year-old commercial structure.

Germantown Baptist Church’s vaccination site was dedicated to teacher inoculations Friday. Collierville Schools and Germantown Municipal School District collaborated to offer the vaccine to their employees.