Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton was in Memphis to discuss violent crime, before the topic turned to COVID. 

“If you don’t have time to do it, I’m sorry. I need someone else who can do it,” Judge Paula Skahan tells psychologist.

Pediatric hospitalizations reflect COVID, rising number of respiratory infections.

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Masks will be required in all K-12 schools in Shelby County

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division has issued the second of three RFPs — requests for proposal — in its process of determining whether to stay with the Tennessee Valley Authority or leave it for another electric power wholesaler.

The TBI began an investigation into the improper use of confidential information by someone in the district attorney’s office. 

Tennessee officials say local school boards and parents, not the state, should have the final say in whether students wear masks to school. 

The COVID-19 surge Shelby County is experiencing now is expected to be steeper than those at other times in the pandemic.

The Shelby County Health Department amended Directive No. 24 to require face coverings for students and teachers in all K-12 schools, officials announced Friday.

Area schools are showing off before students show up, a local civil rights activist is remembered and we’re taking solace in sandwiches. 

The demolition work now underway on a block of Jefferson Avenue west of Manassas Street is one of several changes to the Medical District landscape toward that end.

As Memphis’ pandemic-delayed Africa In April festival starts Friday, supporters say it’s time to honor one of its early organizers, Adjua Naantaanbuu. 

Shelby County commissioner’s exploratory committee for Memphis mayor is another indication that county Mayor Lee Harris will seek re-election next year.

The last major construction project at the school was more than 40 years ago.

The specialized school will offer students the opportunity to earn an associate degree. 

Germantown is “setting aside” its vaccine mandate for full-time employees. The city announced Tuesday it would require all full-time staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as an employment policy.

Of the 4,383 active cases in Shelby County, more than a quarter are in children, and those children are suffering more respiratory symptoms than they were earlier in the pandemic. 

We’re talking about masks, a dentist and the return of Mike Conley. 

Congressman David Kustoff addressed local impacts of some of President Joe Biden’s initiatives while visiting Germantown’s Rotary Club Wednesday. 

Private schools in the Memphis area are adopting various protocols for reopening with COVID-19 in mind. 

A recently passed state law is raising questions about Germantown’s recent vaccination requirement. However, the city believes the employment policy is not prohibited by state law.

The attorney advising the Shelby County Commission would be separate from the county attorney’s office under a proposal on which the commission is expected to take its first vote Monday. 

Attorney Ralph Gibson said in a letter that Christopher Rowland did not participate in the meeting: “While the meeting was happening, Mr. Rowland had dinner with his children, took an important phone call, and dealt with the dogs which needed to be let out during the meeting.”

Federal investigations are ongoing and concerns have been raised over the transportation agency’s lack of protocols and transparency. 

Shelby County is now 60% of the way to the goal of vaccinating 700,000 residents against COVID-19.

County commissioners will vote Monday, Aug. 9, on a resolution urging the Shelby County Health Department to require masks be worn in public. Some on the commission are trying to avoid the politics of the county’s first mask mandate.