The Daily Memphian has hired two reporters and a social media manager.

Since March, the Health Department has reported 84,123 total coronavirus cases and 1,348 deaths, classifying 79,397 cases as inactive/recovered.

A 21-acre, senior-living community is proposed for a site that was partially occupied by the Coro Lake Elementary School, which was razed four years ago.

Brown Baptist Church in Southaven is hosting a blood drive to combat the nationwide blood shortage that has been worsened by the pandemic. 

St. Jude recruited Dr. Nienhuis from the National Institutes of Health in 1993.

Residents point to safety concerns and crime in proposing that a gate be erected across Saint Nick Drive to prevent cut-through traffic from using their street.

Superintendent Joris Ray presented updates for reopening during a board committee meeting Thursday, including creating a district contact-tracing team and using district buildings to administer vaccines to teachers. But he has delayed reopening classes indefinitely, citing high community spread of COVID-19. 

In what may be a first for Memphis, a company called Next Chapter Neighborhoods plans a 167-acre development featuring build-to-suit, market-rate rental houses. The plan calls for 230 houses, plus open space and a commercial district to be built later.

Someone has been dumping dead horses, cows and deer on county land not far from a public trail along the Wolf River near Shelby Farms. Investigators can’t figure out who.

Last fall, Architectural Digest featured Carmeon Hamilton as one of nine rising stars in the design world, and tapped her for its first virtual design show house.

The loss can’t take away from the growing signs of promise.

Feb. 4, 2021: Rockets 115, Grizzlies 103

The Rockets made 19 3-pointers, and the Grizzlies’ starters were held to 20 of 55 shooting from the floor. 

Box score: Houston 115, Memphis 103

April Alley seeks DNA testing to exonerate her father, Sedley Alley, who was executed in 2006 after being convicted of the 1985 murder of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins in Millington. Sedley Alley confessed to the crime, but later said the confession was coerced.

The potatoes are coming to your mailbox soon, if you haven’t already gotten them, and the question is: How are you going to use them?

Gov. Bill Lee talked with SCS Superintendent Joris Ray about potentially returning children to classes by Feb. 15. Dozens of Tennessee counties have progressed to Phase 1b, which includes teachers in the vaccination priority list.

The 220 new cases come from 1,985 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 11.1%.

Memphis’ seven-game winning streak over nearly a month’s span was enough to bring the Grizzlies from a below .500 group to fifth in the West standings. Beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss their expectations the rest of the way based on the latest developments.

In early data of vaccination rates among people 75 and over, so few Latino people have been vaccinated their percentage of the whole is 0.4%.

The link to city information on the “rebalance” includes a map to find your home as well as an app with reminders of the pickup schedule.

Division 1 girls and boys will remain at the Murphy Center.

Ja Morant showed off his show collection on Instagram Wednesday night. 

Patric Ferguson, a former MPD officer accused of kidnapping and fatally shooting a man last month, has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Ferguson remains in jail with no bond. 

The festival is now slated for Oct. 1-3, moving west from its initial home at Shelby Farms Park to the Radians Amphitheater at the Memphis Botanic Garden. 

The National Civil Rights Museum will host a virtual panel Feb. 5 with editors and contributors to the new book “Four Hundred Souls.”