Reform advocates say more efforts need to be made to ensure the poor aren't being put at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus threat. Judges say it can be complicated. 

Virginia Tech transfer Landers Nolley II is determined to pick the right school this time, and Memphis is interested. 

Trey Sledge had a good plan: Return to Rhodes College and pitch one last season before heading to med school. And then coronavirus happened and the season ended before the best part. 

The total number of Shelby County cases is up to 30, and Shelby County Schools is scrapping its plan to provide lunches for students due to a Central Nutrition Center employee testing positive for COVID-19. 

Memphis College of Art does not have the luxury of closing temporarily because of the pandemic. The school has long planned to close permanently in May, but is now having to fight to stay open long enough to graduate the last class of its 84-year history.

Facing the biggest state and national emergency in decades, the Tennessee Legislature adopted a $39.8 billion budget Thursday night, March 19, and vacated the State Capitol as COVID-19 continued to spread.

A case of coronavirus has been reported for an employee at FedEx corporate headquarters on Shady Grove Road in East Memphis. The office was shut down for cleaning and disinfecting.

Business as usual at FedEx world hub in Memphis means moving coronavirus test materials, protective gear and coveted commodities.

In this time of physical distancing, Memphians are connecting for wellness and exercise via the internet. 

With COVID-19 spreading statewide, the governor signed an executive order Thursday to expand the state’s health care capacity and give people more time to renew driver’s licenses and car tags. It even allows the Parole Board to hold closed meetings.

Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch outlines how the UofM is handling the coronavirus outbreak.

Testing will ramp up soon at Tiger Lane, but will be testing by appointment only. The health department also will begin listing the ages of those confirmed with COVID-19.

“The people who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 are those over 60, those with significant chronic disease issues, and those who medications compromise their immune systems,” said Dr. Scott Morris. “Those are the people who go to church.”

Increasingly, hopes of the NBA season resuming look slim. If the season is done – and for all it costs the league, teams and individual players – the Grizzlies' future should be just fine. 

A historic state of civil emergency from Mayor Jim Strickland Tuesday shuts down restaurants, bars, gyms and urges a suspension of services at places of worship. The move represents an action last used by a Memphis mayor during the 1978 police and firefighter strike.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris declared a state of emergency Thursday. Shelby County has been approved for public assistance and some federal aid.

The festival is looking at dates in the fall for the series of events that cover a month.

Guard Jalen Green plans to announce his college decision April 15. 

Neither of Tennessee's two Republican senators was happy about the aid package that extends paid sick leave as one of several responses to the economic impact of novel coronavirus.

A criminal justice reform advocate is calling for all youngsters detained in Shelby County’s juvenile detention center to be released immediately to reduce the impact of the coronavirus.

House Republicans met secretly Thursday and agreed to cut nearly $1 billion from the state budget but leave education voucher funding in place. Teacher pay raises would be cut by half. 

Le Bonheur pediatrician-in-chief Dr. Jon McCullers, who has worked with the CDC and on past pandemic planning, talked on "Behind The Headlines" about development of a local test at UTHSC. 

Even after taking precautions to prevent golfers from potentially spreading the virus, all eight city golf courses are closed until further notice.

Health department says uptick may be sign transmission is happening in Memphis.

While I was sitting in an oddly peaceful purgatory, people close to me have lost jobs and postponed weddings. I’ve eavesdropped on conversations about how to keep people employed while also keeping them safe.