On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, state Rep. Mark White acknowledges the bill doesn’t address many of the complexities of the local schools merger and demerger that kept the three namesake Germantown schools in the Shelby County Schools system.

Social justice group seeks to be part of the discussion and decisions about police reforms and the selection of the next Memphis Police director.

Authorities are concentrating their search in ZIP codes with high concentrations of warehousing and manufacturing.

The 175 new cases come from 3,235 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 5.4%.

The program airs at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 4, and concludes with a moment of silence and bells tolling at 6:01 p.m., the time on April 4, 1968, when King was shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. 

Yes, the vaccine is getting local brand ambassadors and Memphis is implementing new technology designed to pinpoint gunshots where they happen. Plus, we have a design star in our midst. 

The venerable Al Green shows his comedic side while getting his second vaccination shot Thursday at Saint Francis, then woos others to follow suit.

Churches moving outdoors, broadcasting and inching up on pew capacity for Easter.

Rev. Keith Norman of Baptist Memorial Health Care and Meritan CEO Melanie Keller talked about the vaccine outreach to the homebound and homeless on “Behind The Headlines.” 

Tutor says the next local party chairman has a chance to win back countywide offices in 2022 that Republicans lost due to what Tutor says was the result of anti-Trump sentiment.

The Thursday, April 1, press release from the company is the latest salvo in an exchange between the city and the company that went public last week.

ShotSpotter is being used by police departments across the U.S. to curb gun violence.

“One of the most important things we can all do is ... encourage our friends, our neighbors and our loved ones to take the vaccine.” 

A federal partnership with FEMA is bringing 21,000 new vaccine doses each week and a football field-sized tent. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 129 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, April 1.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 129 new coronavirus cases and one additional virus-related death Thursday, April 1.

All bets are off at Harrah’s but everything else is on. Plus, a trip to Andalusia, the first step of a massive journey and several Tigers are taking their leave. 

A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly would create harsher penalties for paid protesters and outside agitators, but opponents say the issues addressed by the legislation aren’t legitimate concerns.

Memphis activist DeVante Hill, who was prominent in local protests last summer after the death of George Floyd, has been arrested on charges he violated terms of his probation related to a 2016 arrest for filing a false report.

Six Cordova homeowners have filed a civil lawsuit against the city and MLGW seeking $38.8 million in damages for a group of 35,000 households.

About 430 people die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

The COVID-19 task force is targeting certain populations with the single-shot vaccine. 

The $520,000 consulting contract is a close but not exact match of the one the City Council rejected last October. The rejection stalled the process of considering an exit from TVA by six months. The new contract goes to the council for approval next week with price estimates due by the end of this year.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 90 new coronavirus cases and two new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday, March 31.