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  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Shots in D.C. but we’re out of the vaccine here

    We’ve also got a proposed fund to help restaurant workers, Nashville looking to determine where Memphis police officers can live and a final tally of the area’s 2020 homicides. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 07, 2021
  • Elections

    How Tennessee’s two Senators and the city’s two Congressmen voted on the Electoral College challenges

    The House and Senate kept late hours, resuming the Electoral College certification after a violent protest shut down the process into Wednesday evening. The session continued until just before dawn Thursday.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Efforts underway to create equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine

    Even as the COVID-19 vaccine supply in Shelby County remains low, discussion is ongoing about how to ensure when that changes how it’s distributed in an accessible way to all communities countywide.

    Related Story: Black community leaders combat distrust in COVID vaccine

    Related Story: OPINION: Suburbs deserve vaccine locations too

    By Omer Yusuf January 07, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Record 2020 homicides took toll on the city, police say

    Memphis ends 2020 with 332 homicides, a record number. Police say the pandemic played a part, but there is no easy answer to why the increase occurred. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 07, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Opinion: Suburbs deserve vaccine locations too

    Each time the Shelby County Health Department announces more locations for vaccination distribution, suburban spots are excluded.

    By Clay Bailey January 07, 2021
  • Coronavirus

    Black community leaders combat distrust in COVID vaccine

    A fraught relationship between African Americans and the medical community has meant an uphill battle in building trust for the COVID-19 vaccine, but there are those in the community working to bridge that gap. 

    By Daja E. Henry January 07, 2021
  • Food News

    Extra $5,000 grants available for COVID-affected restaurants, grocers

    The EDGE board approves more grant money for restaurants and grocers that are affected by the pandemic and the latest restrictions.

    By Tom Bailey January 06, 2021
  • Elections

    Local pro-Trump group protests peacefully in East Memphis

    The protest of several dozen along the Poplar Corridor came before the aborted attempt in Washington D.C. to certify the Electoral College results that ended in violence.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2021
  • Health Care

    Shelby County out of coronavirus vaccine; 2.6% of residents got shots

    The Shelby County Health Department says more than 24,000 COVID-19 shots have been given in Shelby County so far.

    By Jane Roberts January 06, 2021
  • Elections

    Both Democrats win Georgia Senate races, changing chamber control

    Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

    By The Associated Press January 06, 2021
  • Elections

    City’s elected officials in D.C. respond to protesters storming Capitol

    Here is the latest from the city’s representatives in the U.S. House and Senate.

    By Bill Dries January 07, 2021
  • Elections

    Congress reconvenes after Capitol occupied by rioters

    Dozens of people breached security perimeters at the Capitol and lawmakers inside the House chamber were told to put on gas masks as tear gas was fired in the Rotunda.

    Related Story: Elected officials in D.C. respond to protesters storming Capitol

    By The Associated Press January 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Kelsey bill would eliminate residency requirements statewide for police and fire

    The bill follows a City Council decision late last year to remove a referendum question that would have allowed Memphis police and firefighters to live outside Shelby County.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2021
  • Metro

    Coronavirus: Nearly 600 new cases, 8 deaths reported

    The Shelby County Health Department is vaccinating residents and staff of assisted living and other congregate facilities this week. No drive-thru vaccination sites are operating.

    By Elle Perry January 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Harris proposes county $2.5M restaurant workers relief fund

    Harris took the proposal for grants of $1,000 per qualified worker to commission committee sessions Wednesday, Jan. 6.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2021
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: The Pipkin is our ‘room of requirement,’ council gets into traffic

    We’ve also got a new food truck policy in Collierville, a planned cigar bar and a mystery at Mud Island. 

    By Mary Cashiola January 06, 2021
  • Elections

    Democrats win Senate seat in Georgia, near majority

    Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday. The focus now shifts to the second race between Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, which will determine which party has the majority in the Senate.

    By The Associated Press January 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Tom Lee Park renovation begins

    With a virtual groundbreaking ceremony before Christmas, actual construction work began Tuesday, Jan. 5, on the Tom Lee Park project.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Unposted speed limit goes from 30 mph to 25 mph in close council vote

    By a narrow 7-6 vote, the Memphis City Council has changed the default speed limit on city streets without speed limit signs from 30 miles an hour to 25 miles an hour.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    City reallocates last $9.9 million in CARES Act funding to include COVID testing, vaccines

    Grants for distressed businesses also got a share of the funding after a council debate. And the council mediated a call by a restaurant owner to MLGW to work out payment plans with the industry.

    By Bill Dries January 06, 2021
  • State Government

    State vaccinating at one of best rates in country despite local obstacles

    The coronavirus is spreading faster in Tennessee than just about anywhere, but the state is also vaccinating residents faster than the national average. Locally, however, officials are awaiting smoother and more consistent distribution from the state to improve the situation. 

    By Ian Round January 05, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Rallings says police department numbers too low for community policing push

    In the discussion with Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Jan. 5, the police director said he can’t carry out plans of a city task force to reopen several community policing centers given the pandemic. He got immediate pushback from several council members.

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Operation LeGend results in more than 200 arrests in Memphis

    As Operation LeGend ends, the federal violent crime initiative resulted in 266 arrests locally and seizure of 210 guns even as homicides in the city set a new record. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 05, 2021
  • Elections

    Jerri Green named interim director of The Community Legal Center

    Former state House candidate Jerri Green has been named interim executive director of The Community Legal Center. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 05, 2021
  • Arts & Culture

    Author Eric Jerome Dickey, ‘forever a Memphian,’ dies in Los Angeles

    Many of Dickey’s books made it to The New York Times bestsellers list.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 06, 2021

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