U of M Hooks Institute hosting civil rights lecture March 9
Lecture will be streamed on institute’s Facebook page.
Lecture will be streamed on institute’s Facebook page.
The council can’t fire Shelby County Health Director Alisa Haushalter, but council member Chase Carlisle will propose the resolution at Tuesday’s council meeting. There could be more calls Friday, when Haushalter and County Mayor Lee Harris speak at a special meeting of the Shelby County Commission.
The city’s boil advisory is being lifted immediately, according to Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division President and CEO J.T. Young.
Effective immediately, Memphis Light, Gas & Water has lifted the area’s boil water advisory.
City Chief Operating Officer Doug McGowen is in charge of accountability for the city. Deputy of accountability is Fire Department Director Gina Sweat.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 220 new coronavirus cases and 19 new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday.
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Kroger did not provide list of stores with vaccine.
Malco is looking to mini-golf, K.T.G. has squares to spare and the area’s last Leonard’s is for sale.
LeMoyne-Owen College is helping the Shelby County Health Department better plan and execute coronavirus care.
Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1.
AutoZone will pay its workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The new owner of an apartment building near the Highland Strip applied for a variance allowing a dumpster to be placed near Walker Avenue. The retroactive request will require the owner to make significant changes for approval amid significant opposition.
The advisory could be lifted in stages for parts of the MLGW area, which is most of Shelby County with the exception of Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville and Millington. Even when it is lifted MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will still be asking households and businesses to continue conserving water for some period after the full restoration.
The patient hasn’t been discharged yet, but is about to be, says Memphis Light, Gas & Water president and CEO J.T. Young.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services visitation guidance provides reasonable ways to safely facilitate in-person visits.
The head of the Tennessee Coalition of Open Government says it’s “implausible” the Tuesday secret meeting was legal. And one of the county commissioners who attended said the “ton of information” presented should have been heard by the public.
Health Department working with state to shore up processes and perhaps regain control of vaccine. Related story:
Secret commission meeting on vaccine problems to be repeated Friday in public
The County Commission Scorecard looks at the big picture of a lingering contract for managing court cases and a complex amendment to a county purchasing goal for locally owned businesses that came to an abrupt end.
The Shelby County Health Department reported 141 new coronavirus cases Wednesday.
As the state transfers vaccine management to the City of Memphis, area schools have lessons to impart, an Arlington teen heads home and we’ve got water on the brain.
Business owners would be able to vote in elections where the business property is located, even if the owner doesn’t live in the same place as the business, under a bill being considered by the Tennessee General Assembly.
The council votes next week on the further use of a PILOT extension fund already being tapped for $62 million for four Downtown parking garages. Meanwhile, one of the banks involved in financing the garages wants some more loan guarantees, which includes a proposed TIF.
The moratorium is a reaction to plans for a smoke shop on McLean Boulevard across from Snowden School in Midtown.
The city is investigating using a large call center at the University of Memphis for phone appointments.