July donors will receive $10 Amazon gift card.

Blackburn’s recent speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas was all-China, echoing some of the concerns made by then-Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson during his tenure. 

A worker at an East Memphis restaurant was diagnosed with hepatitis A. Vaccinations are being encouraged for those who ate at the restaurant as a precaution.

MLGW takes its first step to leave TVA, restaurants go on vacation and a $750,000 payout to a former City of Memphis employee. Plus, thoughts on Tigers and Grizzlies basketball. 

The council’s discussion last week about a car lot in Raleigh could be about some larger changes in zoning. Normally the representative of a district gets final say on the zoning, but that’s not how this is going.

The Tennessee Department of Transportation originally identified nine spots beyond the damage spotted in May that shut down all traffic on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, but that has increased to 16. 

Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official at the Tennessee Department of Health, confirmed in a statement Monday, July 12, that she has been fired.

During the Monday meeting at the White House with Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis and other police chiefs, President Biden said federal, state and local coordination is essential to his violent crime strategy. 

The city’s list of those allowed in City Hall only with a police escort grew to 81 in a wave of protests in 2016 and 2017.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division began the process Monday, July 12, of soliciting proposals for possibly cutting ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority, its electric power provider for the past 80 years.

In addition to helping with back-to-school paperwork for kids, adults can get copies of birth certificates, and free COVID shots from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 17 at the health department.

Opera Memphis plans to leave East Memphis; Collierville looks to create more of a destination; and local health experts say we’re at the start of another surge. 

A required 4-month waiting period for the removal of a Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Tennessee Capitol building has expired, but if and when it will be removed is still uncertain.

The two teachers’ unions in Memphis used to be one. But a battle over local control caused them to split.

Many of those who gathered said their aim was to fight misinformation and misrepresentations of Jewish people, and make the case for Americans to see what Israel is about for themselves. 

SpaceX’s Elon Musk, came to New Mexico to watch and congratulated Branson for a “beautiful flight.” SpaceX’s Inspiration4, a flight to inspire support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, could blast off as early as September from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Tennessee Valley Authority supplies electric power to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. But the possibility of MLGW leaving TVA is also a part of the issue with the city’s water supply and its safety.

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Health officials say Shelby County is at the beginning of a new surge of COVID cases, and the Delta variant is prevalent.

On “Behind the Headlines,” Porter-Leath’s Rob Hughes discusses the future of preschool in Shelby County after the abrupt end to its partnership with Shelby County Schools. 

The son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens drew a sentence below federal guidelines for drug conspiracy.

Despite the possibility of additional charges, a Sept. 13 trial date remains in place for now in the case against state Sen. Katrina Robinson on charges related to her business, The Healthcare Institute. 

When distancing is not possible, schools are asked to layer other protections to cover the students 12 and under are not vaccinated.