While no other lab has confirmed the case yet, local experts say the cluster of people around the suspected case could quickly move it to community transmission. 

The state’s largest school system – Shelby County Schools – becomes the only school system in the state to have no in-person classes as Metro Nashville Schools resumes some in-person classes Thursday, Feb. 4.

The new service aims to make it easier for those who live within the service area to get back and forth to their workplaces.

Discussion of Shelby County increasing vaccine sites countywide includes a possibility of Frayser. The Health Department already has a first-dose location at the Whitehaven Center of Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Both areas of the city are part of Area E on the city’s solid waste map, an area that has had problems with solid waste service even before the pandemic.

Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray has stood firm with all-remote learning, and accuses state leaders of being out of touch with the needs of Memphis students, who are mostly Black and disproportionately affected by the deadly virus. 

We’ve got early results on virtual learning, a little dose-see-do on how other places are providing vaccinations and an interesting liquor law in Arlington. 

There’s nothing common about the new residential development that is to open March 1 in Uptown. The first phase features two rows of rental cottages that face each other across a 30-foot-wide courtyard.

While theme parks, baseball parks and football stadiums are being used to distribute vaccines nationwide, city and county officials say the Mid-South Coliseum is not a candidate for a mass vaccination site.

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, here’s what Shelby County can learn from other areas around the nation. 

The Fairgrounds conversion to Liberty Park got a $4 million boost Tuesday, Feb. 2, to begin some ground work in May as well as to start designing buildings.

Memphis City Council members Tuesday approved a new office designed to intervene and prevent violence in the city. 

A city ordinance that would ban cat and dog sales at pet stores within Memphis passed the Memphis City Council Tuesday, Feb. 2, on the first of three readings.

The $200 million slate of capital projects over a three-year period is on its way to state officials are approval after the pair of council votes Tuesday, Feb. 2. Council members approved both after one more review of the numbers and the reasoning behind the unique financing.

Traffic at the Pipkin Building for COVID-19 vaccines was at a trickle Tuesday because the site was only available for the few ready for a second dose. 

Some parents say the content filters on their SCS devices aren’t working and children can “Google anything under the sun.”

The move, announced jointly with Victory Cruise Lines Tuesday, Feb. 2, will take effect for cruises July 1 and later.

In an address to the Memphis Rotary Club, Dr. Jon McCullers gave a practical picture of the road ahead for Shelby County’s pandemic response in 2021. 

The city has been paying Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division about $2 million a year for the past three fiscal years without a corresponding payment from MLGW in the form of a PILOT.

Health Department survey will allow positive case investigation to happen online instead of in phone interviews.

It may be a day or more before the case is confirmed.

About 24% of patients in area ICU beds were COVID-positive or suspected of having the coronavirus.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 206 new coronavirus cases and nine new coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday.

Memphis students are struggling with material taught during virtual learning, a top Shelby County Schools official said, pointing to test results.