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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Shelby County General Sessions Judge Louis Montesi has issued a temporary restraining order that stops the state from releasing video in the fatal shooting of Alvin Motley Jr.

State reverses course on virtual classes, a concerning trend continues in juvenile court and should we worry that the Tigers don’t have a quarterback yet? 

Virtually all the youths whose cases were transferred to adult court in Shelby County the past two years were Black.

City Attorney Will Patterson says an anchor store is interested in a parcel on the north side of U.S. 64 at Berryhill Road.

Shelby County commissioners have inaugural session of their ad hoc redistricting group.

Shelby County commissioners gave final approval Monday, Aug. 30, to $26 million worth of bonuses to full- and part-time county employees.

The Sarwars traveled to St. Lucia, a country with a Level 3 advisory warning during the pandemic, despite being unvaccinated.

The state argues that parents should seek remedy with the school on a case-by-case basis, as outlined in a federal special education act.

MLGW and Memphis Public Works crews are prepared to work overtime if the hurricane still has a lot of wind and rain left on its path north. 

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights sent letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.

SCS and Nashville schools were remote for longer than all other districts. State leaders withdrew the flexibility for districts to keep all students at home, stressing the impact of “learning loss.”

City Council member JB Smiley began telling local officials last week he was considering a bid for governor next year, starting with the August 2022 Democratic primary. The field for the race is already forming to challenge Republican Gov. Bill Lee.

Marcus Hamilton, husband of HGTV figure Carmeon Hamilton, died in a weekend motorcycle crash.