State environmental officials are helping in the effort to find leaks and resolve water problems.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 110 new coronavirus cases and zero new coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday.

Hutchison’s students and families wanted to be back in class despite the pandemic; the school had to ensure it was possible to do it safely. 

The Tigers will soon be unpaused, but will they be untroubled? 

Sam Reid, 17, is now home after being thrown off a sled being pulled by a four-wheeler. 

California entities that share the same mailing address just bought Blair Tower Apartments in the Medical District after already acquiring Highland Row in the University District, the Parkview in Midtown, and Mimosa Gardens and Williamsburg Manor in East Memphis.

The Vollintine-Evergreen Community Association is appealing a decision to allow what it calls a “smoke shop” to open next to Dino’s Grill and near Snowden School. While renovations have been made, the business has not yet opened.

The Grizzlies trailed by double digits nearly the entire way and lost the battle from 3-point range.

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Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will return to using its consent agenda. The board also approved expenditures Monday related to the Germantown Baptist Church vaccine site.

County leaders also talked about battling social media misinformation that is crowding testing sites and leading some to book appointments at multiple sites.

Bobby Ellis spent more than 50 years at the Rendezvous; he knew what each one of the 70 keys on a big ring unlocked.

School superintendents and local public health officials may lose some of their power under a bill that passed by a party-line vote in the Tennessee Senate Monday, Feb. 22.

South African strain has shown to be more resistant to vaccines than other known variants.

FedEx is working to deal with a backlog of packages as a result of last week’s winter weather.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is appealing directly to President Joe Biden to stop the controversial Byhalia Connection oil pipeline project.

James C. Beasley Jr, a former Shelby County Criminal Court judge, died Sunday, Feb. 21. He was remembered as fair and a well-respected judge by his friends and colleagues. 

It has been a difficult season for the Tigers, but now that they’re back from a COVID pause, they have a chance to make things right. 

Just before schools are set to open next week, more than 6,000 Shelby County Schools employees will receive their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

No firm timeline has been set for ending the “boil water” notice affecting Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division customers, MLGW officials said Monday, Feb. 22.

The Governor’s Unified Command Group is looking into how more than 1,315 doses of coronavirus vaccine were wasted in Shelby County. State Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey will address the issue on Tuesday.

Due to the water-boil advisory, reduced water pressure, heating issues and various burst pipes, the University of Tennessee Health Science campus closed on Monday, Feb. 22, but the COVID testing site is open.

Players and staff, isolated from the court and each other, are scrambling to get back to form.

A group of smaller utilities that are also part of TVA want to be able to use TVA transmission lines if they break with TVA. MLGW is considering leaving TVA as well and filed along with the city to intervene in the lawsuit, saying the decision could affect its decision to stay or leave.

Offerings include two pop-up locations at local churches. Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 24, teachers, child care providers and people 65 and older are eligible to be vaccinated and may sign up for appointments.