The temporary restraining order against Gov. Bill Lee requires children to mask in schools. Opting out is not allowed at this time.

State Sen. Katrina Robinson was indicted last year and charged with theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud.

Shelby County is ordered to enforce its universal mask mandate in all schools. 

The figures mean there have been 1,650 cases among students since the start of the school year and 246 among staff.

Trucks will be spraying in specific ZIP codes next week.

Plus, Health Sciences Park still bears some scars and Drake puts up a mysterious billboard in Memphis. 

Proposals include known names like Chance Carlisle and Tom Intrator, as well as ones new to Memphis like Aaron Mesner of Block Real Estate Services. 

Federal prosecutors file a motion to move Sen. Katrina Robinson’s Sept. 13 hearing out of Memphis, alleging that Robinson’s recent media interviews and social media posts could taint the jury pool. 

As more than a third of new COVID cases are among children, Lee says, “We’re doing what we believe is the best way forward.”

Tennessee as a whole is reporting 117 cases per 100,000 people, up 79% over 14 days, and the highest level in the nation. 

The Forrests’ reburial ceremony on Sept. 18 in Middle Tennessee may come sooner than restoration of Health Sciences Park.

City overturned its original decision because of “overwhelming demand.”

The school’s faculty will work with Apple to learn about coding and app development.

The U of M moved up nine spots from last year. 

Classes and operations are scheduled to resume in person on Sept. 13.

When younger children can get a COVID-19 vaccine, how our coronavirus case numbers are looking and who’s “Becoming” a Freedom Award honoree. 

Sites across the nation were asked to recruit more 5- to 11-year-olds to get a broader look at vaccine side effects.

Hagerty spoke Wednesday, Sept. 1, at an East Memphis political fundraiser just before leaving for a tour of Europe to meet with government leaders and NATO allies.

In an order denying the county’s request to end a consent decree to monitor pandemic conditions in the jail, federal judge Sheryl H. Lipman wrote that the county has resorted to “box checking” rather than living up to its responsibility to keep people safe inside the jail.

Of 9,008 reported active coronavirus cases in Shelby County, 3,443 are pediatric cases.

The event will also include special recognition of the teenager who recorded the last moments of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.

Plus, we’re celebrating 901 Day, considering Tiger basketball’s upcoming season and thinking about visiting Mexico. 

Treatment can give COVID patients with a 10% survival rate close to a 50% chance of making it. 

During an online speech to the Memphis Rotary Club, Worth Morgan also was asked about a possible run for Shelby County mayor next year.

There are 3,886 licensed armed security officers operating in Shelby County, meaning there are more armed guards than Memphis Police Department officers and Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies combined.

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