Former Memphis linebacker Danton Barto, 50, has died from COVID-19.

The U of M is hiring, a former Grizzlies’ player LOCs it in and the mask fight will only go away when they do. 

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed tens of millions worldwide, but 30 to 40 years later, it had evolved into a much less serious disease. COVID-19 will likely follow a similar path — never going away, but becoming less deadly over time.

Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.

The Monday, Aug. 23, county commission meeting also includes a resolution calling for a countywide mask mandate and another resolution calling on Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee to rescind his executive order that outlaws mask mandates in schools.

Flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge.

The state’s executive order banning mask mandates is taking fire from President Joe Biden as well as Biden’s education secretary Miguel Cardona, who this past week specifically questioned the legality of the executive order.

East Memphis pub has a bounty of board games for guests to play as they munch snacks and sip beverages.

Our photographers captured some classic Elvis Week images, and also made it to an unusual school, an iconic store and some sporting events. Cast your ballot for the best one.

At Baptist, they extend the reach of nurses from four to six patients and allow beds to open. 

Chauncy Black, now 20, who gained national attention when $300,000 was raised on GoFundMe for him and his family was found guilty of reckless endangerment in the fatal shooting of his neighbor, a by-stander, who was killed as Black and his brother were involved in a shootout with men they had an argument with over video games. 

Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allows students to opt out and attend classes without masks.

Sen. Katrina Robinson accused of embezzlement and fraud with her business, The Healthcare Institute, appeared in court Friday, a final time before her Sept. 13 trial begins. 

Plus, a trail is being blazed in local basketball, redistricting is underway and another golf course is getting something of a redesign.

U.S. Census figures show some County Commission districts have grown in population while others have lost population since a decade ago. 

Three leaders of the federally-funded effort to help pay overdue rent and utility bills talked on “Behind The Headlines” about what the new market reality means for the city’s growth with a shortage of quality affordable housing.

Other examples include K-12 schoolchildren whose parents have asked in writing for masking exemptions.

Mississippi is facing a record number of people hospitalized with the virus — 1,633 on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health.

Germantown Baptist Church will reopen as a mass vaccination site in September.

The Pipkin Building vaccination site will not close at the end of August and Germantown and Collierville partners will open a high-volume site, said City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen.

Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now. 

Collierville will host Raleigh-Egypt on Friday after Wooddale forfeits. 

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Today, the Shelby County Health Department reported 915 new COVID-19 cases.