Paula and James Campbell know the appraised value of their Orange Mound home is far less than the $300,000 they spent to build it. But that’s OK. They intend to stay.

Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said the annual state tests, known as TNReady, will be administered as planned, but teachers and schools should be held harmless for the results. 

The concept contradicts traditional ideas about real estate, but buyers are snapping up the relatively expensive houses Laurynas Petrauskas and Raymond Sharkus build next to less-valuable homes.

The White House quietly told Tennessee last week that “a statewide mask mandate must be implemented” to curb its growing spread of COVID-19.

Tennessee Department of Health reports 2,605 new cases, bringing the total number of cases since early March to 228,744. Six new deaths push the statewide toll to 2,909.

Tension of the moment, COVID-19 itself and all the ways people are trying to cope create an uptick in headaches.

The Raleigh Springs Civic Center “unofficially” opened this spring when construction signs were removed following completion of the $45 million development’s initial phase. That included the 11-acre walking trail and lake, and a new skate park. 

A developer has given up — for now — on a two-year effort to recruit a grocery store to serve South City in an otherwise comprehensive, $227 million project to improve the quality of life in the economically distressed neighborhood.

Since a mixup in evidence at the Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk’s property and evidence room, a new verification procedure has been put in place to reduce the risk of such a situation occurring again. 

The Tigers had every reason to quit against UCF on Saturday. Instead, they put together the biggest comeback in the history of the program. 

Brady White throws for 486 yards and six TDs and redshirt freshmen Javon Ivory, Tahj Washington make big impact.

The Tigers shed their 13-game losing streak in miracle rally.

From Oct. 3 to Saturday, Oct. 17, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 155 new coronavirus cases and 3,039 test results each day, yielding a 5.1% positivity rate.

Shelby County’s 49 new COVID-19 cases came from 907 test results, yielding a 5.4% positivity rate. 

By Nov. 1, each state is to have identified sites where mass immunization clinics will be held. But plans are hard to make when vaccine requirements aren’t known.

‘We’re not gardening gods, just people who enjoy it and have killed more plants than you have,’ says nine-year Master Gardener veteran Tom Rieman.

Richard Donovan has taken over as Lakeland’s city planner, inheriting a couple of major developments and a lot of open space with future projects.

Dallan Hayden scores three times, Ashton Strother throws two touchdown passes as Brothers improve to 5-1.

The Texas quarterback is part of incoming wave of winning attitude. 

Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.

The ruling is in one of five federal court challenges to state laws governing Tennessee’s absentee ballot process underway as absentee voters are completing their ballots and mailing them back to election commissions across the state.

Memphis area’s Apple retail store is reopening after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For the second day this week, the Shelby County Health Department reported 250 or more new coronavirus cases. 

The Memphis coach expounds on the Tigers’ schedule, recruiting outlook and what will make the team tick.