U of M, Porter-Leath break ground on new childhood learning center
Officials broke ground Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the Early Childhood Academy in Orange Mound, a collaboration of the University of Memphis and Porter-Leath.
Officials broke ground Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the Early Childhood Academy in Orange Mound, a collaboration of the University of Memphis and Porter-Leath.
tnAchieves is looking for mentors to help students entering the TN Promise program. This year, because of COVID-19, students and mentors will use a virtual platform.
With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.
The federal Department of Justice will allow local police serving on federal task forces to wear body cameras. In Memphis and other parts of the country, federal officials have been criticized for banning the use of cameras on joint local-federal operations.
A national third-party logistics provider, Exegistics, has acquired Memphis staffing operations of Versant Supply Chain.
A glimpse, in photos, of how people in the area commemorated Veterans Day.
The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 187 new coronavirus cases and five new related deaths.
Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn believes some families opted to home-school their children, and others enrolled their kids in private schools, especially in Memphis and Nashville. But the biggest decline was in kindergarten enrollment.
As they say, there must be something in the water. A years-long water-rights dispute seems near to a close (and hopefully we won’t owe anyone $600 million). Plus, a local start-up looks to revolutionize the logistics industry.
Without a statewide mask mandate, leaders across West Tennessee are working to help people understand there is not a rural and urban virus.
Despite a few questions, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to fund a $62 million plan to improve parking, walking and cycling Downtown. The City Council and County Commission still must approve the project.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Shelby County Health Department reported 691 new coronavirus cases, the second highest number since the start of the pandemic.
Tuesday’s 691 cases come from 8,252 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 8.4%.
Hourlong program helps explain city’s grit and grind culture.
A new beer maker comes to town, and an iconic theater organ makes a comeback. And Shelby County Schools will reopen buildings in January, but will teachers follow?
Shelby County Schools leaders said survey results won’t be released this week as school leaders do “one last sweep” with parents who have not responded.
The latest hiccup is a higher-than-expected contract for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to run the county’s forensic center for the region, with the county dipping into its reserves for the difference.
Leaders urge citizens to take part in Unity Walk Against Gun Violence Saturday, Nov. 14.
There could be a shortage of teachers and monitors in January if survey results reflect what association leaders are hearing.
In Shelby County, 331,167 people have been tested for coronavirus; 12% of them have received a positive result.
By the third week in November, Pfizer expects it will have the final data required to apply to the FDA for emergency-use authorization.
Plus, a new kind of residential subdivision, African pop on two new radio shows, and Oprah’s 2020 list of favorite things includes a treat from Memphis.
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.