On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member Chase Carlisle talks about bargaining with TVA for a new contract with MLGW without a specific plan for an alternative, his call for the resignation of the Shelby County Health Department’s embattled leader and the 2022 race for Shelby County mayor.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris believes he may have found a way to stop the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline. Or at least give the community a tool for better regulating projects like it in the future.

Germantown Baptist Church’s vaccination site was dedicated to teacher inoculations Friday. Collierville Schools and Germantown Municipal School District collaborated to offer the vaccine to their employees.

More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 178 new coronavirus cases and six new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday.

The city released the appointment times for vaccines next week, and one spot has the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine.

This listing of Memphis-area COVID-19 vaccination sites has been updated with pop-up sites in Hickory Hill, Oakhaven, Orange Mound, Raleigh and South Memphis.

The website is one way Shelby County residents can schedule an appointment online for a coronavirus vaccine shot. Residents can also call 222-7468(SHOT) to schedule a vaccine appointment.

We’re going from books to film and being wowed at Dory while Malco takes a swing in Collierville. 

After planning and construction, the project to reimagine the historic school is expected to be completed in 2023.

On “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis Tourism president Kevin Kane and Downtown Memphis Commission board chairwoman Deni Reilly assess the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on the local industry in the last year. 

The Daily Memphian City Council Scorecard tracks three council decisions this week on major issues including what to do with the 100 North Main Building, a state law that would allow police and firefighters to live outside Shelby County and how, or if, to judge the Health Department as the city takes over vaccine distribution.

During this week’s council discussion, sponsor Worth Morgan asked for a list of pet breeders used by the Wolfchase store franchisee. When he didn’t get it but an offer of a guided tour, Morgan compared it to inspecting a nuclear facility in Iran.

For the past 13 weeks, city solid waste crews have been combining recyclables with other waste in a single collection because of the large number of crew member out with the COVID-19 virus or those in quarantine for possible exposure to the virus.

According to the latest Shelby County Health Department data, 111,145 people in Shelby County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 47,919 people have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses, meaning they are fully vaccinated.

Shelby County’s likely survived the worst of COVID-19, though there are two caveats that could alter the trajectory, David Sweat, county health department deputy director, said Thursday.

Watch the Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now.

Hass will remain president of Rhodes through mid-August.

Bryant’s is joining a ‘Bella’ family, FedEx is taking on climate change and we look into Penny Hardaway’s early, and important, time in Houston. 

The state Department of Health announced its decision to move into phase 1c Tuesday afternoon, and the Shelby County Health Department expanded eligibility to the same group Wednesday morning.

A proposed constitutional amendment will let Tennessee voters choose the secretary of state rather than legislators — but not until 2030. 

Transfer of vaccine distribution will likely leave some Shelby County Health Department vacancies unfilled, county leaders say, as email trails from last month show those now in charge of vaccine distribution had questions that weren’t being answered as vaccine miscues piled up. 

The deadline to apply for a free gardening plot at Shelby Farms is March 8.

Residents who are 16 years old or older with health conditions that put them at risk of serious illness from COVID-19 will be able to sign up for vaccinations on Monday.

Immunizations will begin on Friday, March 5 at the locations, which are part of the Federal Pharmacy Partnership Program.