TSSAA tables vote on football contingency plan
State working closely with governor’s legal team to see about a start date for high school football.
State working closely with governor’s legal team to see about a start date for high school football.
The list of limited-service restaurants that close at midnight is lengthy; private clubs without a restaurant license will also be closed.
Lurking in the shadows – or in some cases, right out there in plain sight for anyone willing to look – are myriad unintended health consequences of this pandemic.
The Postal Service is finally taking the Front Street Post Office off the books, after suspending operations when the University of Memphis law school moved Downtown in 2010.
Five-star guard JD Davison remains involved with Memphis and former assistant coach Mike Miller.
In “Bleeding Out,” a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, writes that "nothing works as well to reduce urban violence as focused deterrence.”
Bed Bath & Beyond is closing its Germantown store. This fall Planet Fitness will begin building out the space to open a gym in Germantown Plaza.
The arts company announced Gretchen Wollert McLennon as the organization’s new leader after a unanimous vote by board members. She will begin her tenure Aug. 1.
As the Memphis Grizzlies prepare to move on to the Orlando bubble, questions remain if the NBA approach to continuing the season will work.
African American clergy call for residency requirement for public safety to be taken off the November ballot. They don't think the measure will help bring about the police reform for which they are pushing.
The state is doling out $81 million in grants to K-12 schools, colleges and universities to prepare for a safe reopening this August in the COVID-19 climate.
Memphis City Council members also got their first look Tuesday at how much police have spent in the past four years on overtime and riot gear as well as other preparations to handle protests.
Even as we announce final decisions and protocols, I cannot assure you that it will not change again, because that is how quickly the virus impacts the information we use to make decisions.
Shelby County Schools’ plan addresses every aspect of the school day starting with bus rides and ending with after-school care and extracurricular activities.
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter said taking these steps to reduce transmission will help with the plan to reopen schools in the fall.
The offer by CEO Jeff Lyash at a Tuesday City Council presentation includes investments and money over a 20-year period. Meanwhile, there was more reaction from other parts of the issue on a final version of the Integrated Resource Plan on the matter commissioned by MLGW.
More than 1,000 ewes have come to the Millington Solar Farm as part of a “regenerative energy” initiative.
The applicant proposing The Stratford event center plans several measures to prevent the commercial activity from affecting residences nearby.
Overall, 143,329 coronavirus tests have been administered in Shelby County.
Building permit applications show Raymond James plans to spend $7.25 million renovating the 1100 Ridgeway Loop building and $6.33 million renovating the 889 Ridge Lake building.
Finard Properties has filed requests with the planning board to transform Poplar Plaza's southeast corner into a mixed-use development. A rendering indicates existing buildings on the corner will be replaced with six- or seven-story structures.
The city is proposing nearly $4.7 million worth of capital improvement projects. The Financial Advisory Commission proposed moving forward last week. Aldermen will review the projects Wednesday.
While critical of the first draft of the IRP by Siemens consulting, the environmental group says it still makes a case for more renewable energy to generate electric power. The Sierra Club response also stops short of recommending cutting ties to TVA, saying the cost of transmission lines to rival MISO should be fully explored.
Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loan applications resume with Aug. 8 deadline and nearly $130 billion still left in the program till.
The retail chain that serves civilian and professional gun shooters, law enforcement and other first responders has signed a lease in the Market at Wolfcreek, across from Wolfchase Galleria.