As Shelby County Schools students gear up for in-person school Monday, Aug. 9, the district is revving up a new fleet of buses. 

The resolution is not binding and the council cannot enact a mask mandate as it did previously because the state has blocked the ability for local governments to do so.

The Memphis City Council members changed their minds about a used car lot in Raleigh. And, the council will vote on a pair of resolutions asking the TVA to avoid moving coal ash from the old Allen Fossil plant.

DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program. 

Emergency funds were used to repair a bridge on Chester Street in Arlington damaged by decades of erosion at the pillars.

The Shelby County mayor says a survey of county employees found that 70% had already been vaccinated.

Council resolutions to call for no coal ash disposal within the city and over aquifers that supply the city’s drinking water will be voted on in two weeks.

Fullback provided the key assist in Saturday’s victory over Sporting Kansas City II.

Germantown will mandate vaccines for city employees with termination a possibility if they don’t comply. 

Dr. Jeff Warren believes it’s time for mandatory masking; Deni Reilly worries restaurants are going to bear the brunt of high COVID numbers once again.

The outline includes major funding for an expansion of broadband to parts of the city where connections were a problem as schools went to virtual learning last year.

The Shelby County Health Department has new guidance on masking.

Two resolutions come up in council committees Tuesday, Aug. 3. One urges TVA to keep coal ash from the old Allen Fossil plant out of the city, another seeks to have the ash taken outside the eight-state region where a system of aquifers provides water for Memphis and other cities.

New owners plan a “comprehensive improvement plan” for the iconic office tower in the heart of East Memphis.

For 46 years, Bob Winn has volunteered in the media center at the Memphis golf tournament. This year, heart damage and a brain bleed will keep him away. What about the event inspires such loyalty? Hint: It’s not the golf. 

Dr. Jason Martin of Nashville, a likely contender in the Democratic primary for governor, campaigned in Memphis this past weekend.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington give a breakdown of the Grizzlies’ draft and set up for free agency. 

Mackenzie Robinson tried other sports, but has found her niche with inline speedskating.

Masks will be required at indoor festival screenings, with partial theater capacity for social distancing. 

An attorney representing a former Memphis police officer charged with vehicular homicide in a fatal June crash said Monday they are studying if the case can be resolved without a trial. 

Because of the recent spike in Delta variant cases, Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said more vaccine-hesitant people have decided to get vaccinated.