Gov. Bill Lee is forming a Coronavirus Task Force to bolster the state’s efforts to prevent and treat cases of COVID-19, a viral scare sweeping the nation.

Among the accomplishments during his tenure, the University of Memphis has raised $206 million in philanthropic giving in the last six years.

Presidential campaign culture has some rules and habits that change over time and as technology changes. Here are a few observed locally in the campaign to Super Tuesday.

Tim Howard will come out of retirement to play for the Memphis 901 FC.

The resolution gives Shelby County employees six weeks of leave at full pay for employees who have babies or adopt. It would take effect July 1, 2020.

Memphians likely got their closest view of the presidential campaigns in the lead-up to Super Tuesday. The state isn't considered a battleground state in the general election.

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The Daily Memphian’s Women and Business Seminar was held at the Brooks Museum on February 20 and featured Alexis Pugh, Director of Memphis Animal Services; Alex Castle, Master Distiller for Old Dominick Distillery; and Kontji Anthony, Evening Anchor for WMC Action News 5.

The property is near the intersection of Wesley Drive, close to Methodist South Hospital.

Joe Sills travels the world to document faraway lands. His "Get Lost" podcast is designed to inspire Memphians to take their own journeys.

Memphis will be the first school to use the Independent Accountability Resolution Process.

The restaurant group also owns Rum Boogie Café, King’s Palace and The Pig on Beale.

And in the race for Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk, candidates with experience relevant to the job but names unknown to the voters lost the usual game of local musical-chairs politics. Joe Brown, the Democrat. Paul Boyd, the Republican. These guys again? 

Pittsburgh-based Alpha Capital Partners has just purchased the 196-unit Luther Towers apartments in East Memphis for $8.45 million.

The Memphis Tigers' seven-game winning streak is over, after an 8-1 defeat in Oxford at the hands of the No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels.

While the fight was for second place in the Democratic primary field of 13, Joe Brown emerged the victor in his second election in a year. He faces Republican Paul Boyd, upset in a Probate Court re-election bid two years ago in the August county general election.

Biden won big in the county and across the state with Bloomberg betting big on Super Tuesday as his entry point to the Democratic nomination. Bloomberg's early organization in Memphis proved no match for Biden's post-South Carolina momentum.

A Senate committee recommended passage of legislation enabling people to carry handguns without a state permit, despite hearing from police officers and the parent of a woman whose son was gunned down at an Antioch Waffle House.

With the backing of state Rep. Kevin Vaughan, medical cannabis legislation passed a House subcommittee Tuesday. The measure would set up a state system for clinical treatment and research, according to the bill's sponsor.

Strickland told city council members Tuesday that the referendum isn't binding on the city and that most voters would support such a use of extra revenue beyond a restoration of benefits cut by the city six years ago. The idea is still in the talking stage, with Strickland to take his plan to the council in April when he presents his city budget proposal.

Court monitor in consent decree case believes city has violated social media search sanction. A trial has been set for March 17. 

All of the kits from the backlog that first came to light in 2012 have been tested, Memphis Police say. About 6,000 cases in which DNA was found are awaiting investigation.

Responding to Cyntoia Brown's case, legislation by state Rep. London Lamar of Memphis has passed in the House enabling victims of human trafficking to use it as a self-defense in criminal cases.

Among the new applications to the planning board is a request to develop six, $400,000 condos about a block southeast of FedExForum.

President and CEO Bill Rhodes cites mild winter in portions of the U.S. for sales that fell short of consensus estimates.