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  • Coronavirus

    Nearly 350 cases added to Shelby County coronavirus total

    Before last week, Shelby County last saw new coronavirus cases in the 300s in August.

    By Elle Perry October 20, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Feds charge 3 with defrauding COVID-19 relief loan program

    Three employees with Better Days Tax Service have been charged with wire fraud, accused of scamming $1.1 million from a COVID-19 loan relief program aimed at helping small businesses impacted by the pandemic. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 20, 2020
  • Metro

    EDGE earns international award for NEED grant

    Since its inception in April, EDGE reports having awarded $751,000 in NEED grants to 134 businesses.

    By Elle Perry October 26, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Shelby County teases back to school plan; Beckford tower talk to begin

    How the latest project proposed for the Pinch District is different, how AutoZone is doing during the pandemic (very well) and how football is a way into coronavirus reporting. Also, we’ve got Charlie’s Meerkats. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 20, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City Council talks riverfront tower project and record homicide count

    The Tuesday city council session will also include a call for more information about the percentage of city contracts that minority-owned businesses get.

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2020
  • Education

    SCS students could be back in school by January

    During a school board committee meeting, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray told board members that the timeline is dependent upon the data.

    By Linda A. Moore October 27, 2020
  • Elections

    North Memphis poll worker fired for turning away voters

    The firing was confirmed by an election commission spokesperson after state Rep. Antonio Parkinson posted about the change in personnel Sunday on social media.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Nearly 300 cases added to Shelby County coronavirus total

    The Shelby County Health Department reported 287 new coronavirus cases and two new related deaths on Monday, Oct. 19.

    By Elle Perry October 19, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Early voting resumes, Lee declines mask mandate, and how ’bout them Tigers?

    Welcome to the working week. Your regular Early Wordsmith, Mary Cashiola, is at a secure, undisclosed location and I’m taking a turn in the captain’s seat today.

    By Chris Herrington October 19, 2020
  • Elections

    More than 111,000 cast ballots in first 4 days of early voting

    The total is inexact but ahead of the pace for early voting in the last three presidential elections in Shelby County. Data includes details of who the early voters and absentee voters are and a batch of new voters registered in recent months. 

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2020
  • South Memphis

    Sometimes ‘home’ is a matter of the heart

    Paula and James Campbell know the appraised value of their Orange Mound home is far less than the $300,000 they spent to build it. But that’s OK. They intend to stay.

    By Linda A. Moore October 19, 2020
  • Education

    Governor, ed chief want to remove consequences from 2021 test scores

    Gov. Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said the annual state tests, known as TNReady, will be administered as planned, but teachers and schools should be held harmless for the results. 

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 19, 2020
  • State Government

    White House mask mandate doesn’t alter Lee’s mindset

    The White House quietly told Tennessee last week that “a statewide mask mandate must be implemented” to curb its growing spread of COVID-19.

    By The Associated Press October 18, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Shelby County reports 212 new cases following nearly 4,500 tests

    Tennessee Department of Health reports 2,605 new cases, bringing the total number of cases since early March to 228,744. Six new deaths push the statewide toll to 2,909.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 18, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Raleigh’s newest community anchor springing into place

    The Raleigh Springs Civic Center “unofficially” opened this spring when construction signs were removed following completion of the $45 million development’s initial phase. That included the 11-acre walking trail and lake, and a new skate park. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 18, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Criminal Court Clerk discusses ‘human error’ in property room mix-up

    Since a mixup in evidence at the Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk’s property and evidence room, a new verification procedure has been put in place to reduce the risk of such a situation occurring again. 

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    COVID-19 transmission increases as cases and hospitalizations rise locally

    From Oct. 3 to Saturday, Oct. 17, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 155 new coronavirus cases and 3,039 test results each day, yielding a 5.1% positivity rate.

    By Omer Yusuf October 17, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Shelby County reports 49 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

    Shelby County’s 49 new COVID-19 cases came from 907 test results, yielding a 5.4% positivity rate. 

    By Omer Yusuf October 17, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Without a COVID vaccine, plans to distribute are tough to make

    By Nov. 1, each state is to have identified sites where mass immunization clinics will be held. But plans are hard to make when vaccine requirements aren’t known.

    By Jane Roberts October 18, 2020
  • PODCAST Elections

    Absentee votes will complicate election night returns

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the unofficial vote count may be tallied by midnight Nov. 3. But counting absentee ballots is a complex process.

    By Bill Dries October 17, 2020
  • Elections

    Federal appeals court upholds signature verification law for absentee ballots

    The ruling is in one of five federal court challenges to state laws governing Tennessee’s absentee ballot process underway as absentee voters are completing their ballots and mailing them back to election commissions across the state.

    By Bill Dries October 16, 2020
  • Metro

    UTHSC College of Medicine forms multidisciplinary cancer program

    Program will provide cancer care across affiliated hospitals and clinics in the region.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 19, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: New cases above 200 again

    For the second day this week, the Shelby County Health Department reported 250 or more new coronavirus cases. 

    By Elle Perry October 16, 2020
  • Education

    Memphis school board members still hesitant to reopen buildings

    Three SCS board members said January is the earliest they feel comfortable reopening school buildings, especially as county health officials this week declared the virus’ autumn “surge” has arrived.

    By Laura Faith Kebede October 16, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: A fest stress test and how restaurants are preparing for winter

    It’s Friday and we’re talking current challenges for festivals, the sale of Duncan-Williams and the complicated calculus of how we do (and don’t) incarcerate juvenile offenders. 

    By Mary Cashiola October 16, 2020

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