Some council members questioned why they, along with the public, will not get a chance to question the seven police candidates before Mayor Jim Strickland nominates one of them for the top police job. 

The council delayed a decision on the compromise Tuesday, March 16, to see if the MLGW board should or would act first. Getting the process back on track involves questions about the city charter and the separation between city goverment and the city-owned utility.

In the new mask directive, people who are not able to medically tolerate a face mask will no longer need medical documentation. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 84 new coronavirus cases and zero new coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday.

Zero deaths were reported Tuesday.

The 15-page report obtained by The Daily Memphian details a nearly year-long investigation that initially faded for lack of corroboration but came back to life as paperwork confirming the grant emerged. Ford has contended he recused himself since he left the room during the vote on the grant. The report says that doesn’t resolve the conflict of interest and could lead to his removal from office.

The city’s director of the Housing and Community Development Division is leaving one important, Memphis job for another. Paul Young tells why and more in an Q&A with The Daily Memphian. 

Live indoor concerts are coming back to the Memphis area, and they’re starting just across the Mississippi border. We’re also talking about Southern Living crowning Muddy’s Bake Shop one of the South’s best bakeries.

From the use of fetal cell lines to concerns about equal access and equitable distribution, the COVID-19 vaccines have raised, and sometimes left unanswered, bioethical questions. 

The council could take the first of three votes Tuesday, March 16, on a ban of retail sales of dogs and cats as a national pet store chain has moved into Wolfchase. The council could also try to regulate where pipelines are located as a first step toward stopping the Byhalia pipeline project.

The seven finalists to be the next police director for the City of Memphis include two who were fired from previous jobs and one who quit by text. 

The first concert at the 10,000-seat Landers Center is slated March 26 featuring country music artist Parker McCollum.

Vaccinations in Mississippi are currently available for those age 50 or over, staff at K-12 schools, first responders, health care workers and people who are at least 16 with health conditions that might make them more vulnerable to the virus.

State will issue final report in several weeks on the lapses it found at the Shelby County Health Department.

At time this article was published, there were also still slots for Monday’s pop-up pod in Frayser.

A year into the pandemic, the economy and social unrest have taken a toll and more people have reached out to mental health professionals for help.

On Sunday, a bug in the system started temporarily locking Twitter accounts for tweeting out a certain seven-letter word. We’re also talking about the Tigers losing another heartbreaker to Houston. 

The state has given Dr. David Weber 200 doses so far for patients too fragile to leave home.

The federal government says visits may be allowed indoors at long-term care facilities, even for unvaccinated, but local visitation policies are wildly different.

The Memphis Zoo’s leader says for now he will proceed as if the parking deck won’t be needed. Meanwhile, a new parking by app program begins Monday, March 15, on Front Street by the Mud Island entrance and on Monroe Avenue in the Edge District.

Former Vice President Al Gore joined with Memphis residents fighting construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline, which he called a “reckless, racist, rip-off.”

The social media company apologized that accounts tweeting the word “Memphis” were limited for a while on Sunday. 

A total of 212,724 vaccination doses have been administered in Shelby County. At least 147,540 people in Shelby County have received one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 65,184 have received both coronavirus vaccine doses, meaning they are fully vaccinated.