FedEx Office, the Dallas-based printing and office services retail outlet of FedEx Corp., is furloughing some employees because of business slowdown during COVID-19 pandemic.

Shelby County has 1,807 reported coronavirus cases, as of Monday, April, 20. That comes from a total of 19,195 coronavirus tests administered in the county.

Successful coach returning to his alma mater after three straight trips to the state tournament with Arlington.

Bill Lee announced the order for Tennesseans to remain at home will expire April 30, with most businesses in 89 counties, allowed to re-open on May 1. He said he spoke with mayors from the state’s largest urban areas, and noted they will be providing their own outlines for opening.

Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

Gov. Bill Lee will receive a recommendation to allow dining establishments, closed one month, to reopen May 1, but area restaurateurs say that’s too soon. 

If Memphis hopes to use data that monitors social distancing compliance, it may have to first come to grips with its long history of political oppression, including intrusive surveillance of activists and ethnic minorities.

The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.

These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you. 

Will demand for space in office buildings go up or down as a result of COVID-19? How does a company balance teamwork and social distancing in designing its floor plan? We picked the brains of several leaders in the world of Memphis office buildings.

Tyler Harris has decided to transfer. With the expected arrival of Virginia Tech transfer Landers Nolley, it makes all the sense in the world. But Memphis fans should be forever grateful to Harris for reaffirming the connection between the Tigers and the town.

Tyler Harris announces he will transfer after two seasons with Memphis. 

A small group gathered outside City Hall Sunday afternoon to protest COVID-19 restrictions, mirroring state and national unrest over forced limitations.

Ramsey, who pushed his white Baptist congregations to desegregate in the 1960s, spent his last few decades serving as a counselor, teacher and minister in five other denominations. 

Memphis' recruiting haul doesn't look as expected. It's now up to the potential returning sophomores to show improvements and win. 

When you start a company that does odd jobs, sometimes you get an odder one than you expected: Two Broke Bartenders can now claim to be cockatoo couriers.

With stages, theaters and galleries dark, turn to movie streaming platforms for works on the arts.

“When it comes to the racial implications of the data, most observers note the correlation between race and pre-existing conditions. Also, I suspect that the relatively large number of African American cases is partly a function of the disparities in wealth and access and distribution of resources.”

Organizers at the FedEx Institute suspect the session could pack a wallop: Some 3,800 people are registered with Meetup.com’s Memphis Technology Users Group. 

The Heights CDC has established a COVID-19 Response Fund to help neighborhood residents, while also delaying a $6 million project for new park and greenspace on National Street.

Inmates at the Shelby County Correctional Center are helping with a new project to sew masks that will be given away to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.

The city’s decision to temporarily close Riverside Drive converted the noisy and congested road that divides the Riverwalk from Tom Lee Park into a centerpiece of bustling pedestrian activities. 

In lieu of advertising services, some local businesses are using billboards to inform and inspire Memphians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After confirming 1,616 cases on Friday morning, the Shelby County Health Department reported an increase of 115 cases on Saturday.

The Daily Memphian talks with Deborah Fisher of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government about the prospect of an Election Commission vote on new voting machines without the public being able to see bids for the contract.