A ruling is expected before the temporary restraining order expires on Sept. 17.

The rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. And the roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated.

The local Health Department is not planning on additional COVID-19 business restrictions at this time but “nothing is off the table,” said its director. 

Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing now.

It was a bread-letter day for La Baguette, a Memphis QB needs surgery and a Midtown restaurant has been bought by a couple of regulars. 

A group of his friends created the “Herman Strickland Random Act of Kindness Day,” a day-long event where individuals perform a good deed for someone they don’t know, a common trait associated with Strickland by those who knew him best.

The County Commission’s working group on the once-a-decade redrawing of district lines got down to business Wednesday, Sept. 8, to set not only commission district lines but those of the Shelby County Schools board.

With the challenges of a pandemic stretching into this school year, Arlington Community Schools continues to make strides forward, Superintendent Jeff Mayo said.

The special assistant to Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talked about his exploratory campaign for mayor Wednesday, Sept. 8, and sounded very much like he is in the race while taking a few jabs at incumbent Mayor Lee Harris.

The redistricting process formally began Wednesday, Sept. 8, with a bipartisan state House committee hearing public input and approving guidelines. Memphis is likely to lose seats in the General Assembly.

Germantown is expanding its virtual school to families who want that option for elementary students.

The first-term City Council member claims the numbers are there to first win the August statewide primary and then the November general election. That’s despite no Democrat winning statewide office in Tennessee in 15 years.

Yesterday, the agency also reported 1,112 new COVID-19 cases.

Memphis Councilman JB Smiley Jr. plans to run for governor of Tennessee. 

Downtown goes on the record and we remember a motorcycle-riding, cowboy-hat-wearing basketball coach. 

In an interview exclusive to The Daily Memphian, Kesha Gray described how the encounter turned her “life upside down” and how she’s ready “to fight to make things right.” 

The council delayed a decision on a retail strip center including gas pumps at 2977 Broad Ave. at Tillman in Binghampton.

Council members put ARPA spending plans on hold to talk about a compromise that could increase the council’s share of ARPA funding from $13 million to around $20 million. 

The council votes to appoint a study committee to weigh whether the city should pursue drafting a charter that would consolidate city and county governments if approved by voters. 

Judge cites need to “protect the right of the accused to a fair and impartial preliminary hearing” and to “promote public trust in the integrity of the criminal justice system.”

Long COVID is real; the next two games will be a test for Memphis football; and, could donuts (and the camaraderie that comes with them) be a key to longevity?

In the second of two parts, Dr. Jon McCullers of UTHSC and Dr. William Schaffner from Vanderbilt Medical Center tackle questions about vaccination, length of immunity, ‘long COVID,’ the possibility of COVID ‘passports’ and continuing to live in a coronavirus world. 

The Tuesday, Sept. 7, committee discussion is the second for the Memphis City Council. 

This year, the annual Chick-fil-A 5K benefitted My Town Miracles, which provides financial assistance to low-income families.

The Greater Memphis Chamber backs forming a commission to explore city-county consolidation but doesn’t have a position yet on whether consolidation would be a good idea.