We’ve lost a hard-working public servant. Plus, a bittersweet homecoming, an assault on veterans and a united stand. 

Funeral workers and those 75 and older became eligible for the vaccine this week. Sunday they turned out to get their first dose of the Moderna vaccine.

Shelby County reported 978 cases Sunday from 5,904 tests. There were no new fatalities reported Sunday.

Jones grew up in segregation. Her role model for becoming an attorney was Perry Mason.

We chose five responses from readers to The Daily Memphian article A year to forget? Here are 20 good things we’ll remember about 2020. Robin Lemmonds finds reason for gratitude despite being diagnosed with cancer and losing a special friend. Penny Glidewell got to know her neighbors. And Dana Turner is glad we’re washing our hands.

Shelby County Health Department officials say they are vaccinating funeral and mortuary employees as well as people 75 and older when there is availability. Meanwhile, officials reported 1,020 new coronavirus cases from 5,933 test results, yielding a 17.2% positivity rate.

My mother, age 96, got a surprising Christmas present. Let us hope it foreshadows the year to come. 

Here is how Memphis and the Mid-South looked in 2020, through the eyes and lenses of Daily Memphian staff photographers. 

Less than 6% of Alpha Omega Veterans Services’ clients have contracted COVID-19 and only one has died with the virus. Nevertheless, the pandemic poses new challenges for veterans still trying to get grounded in civilian life. 

Tennessee’s Health Department announced on Friday, March 19, that the state would open vaccinations up to all adults. 

Clever restaurateurs, fearless city planners and far-sighted entrepreneurs didn’t let 2020 slow them down. And if we needed reasons to cheer, we had Ja Morant and Brady White. 

The City of Memphis is evaluating bids ranging from $9.4 million to $10.1 million for restoration of and other improvements to the historic Memphis cobblestone landing.

That compares to 104 deaths reported in October and 88 deaths reported in November.

Beginning today, funeral workers can begin getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Watch the Shelby County Health Department’s COVID-19 Task Force briefing live.

We’re rounding out the year with a new tech initiative, film recommendations and more time for the dusky gopher frogs to be alone. 

From an ongoing budget battle to police reform and new voting machines, these are five critical votes by the Shelby County Commission in 2020 as chronicled in The Daily Memphian’s County Commission Scorecard.

The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older. 

They’ll be able to get their shots during the same phase as Tennesseans ages 75 and above — and before those in the 65-74 age bracket.

According to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System, 93% of area ICU and area acute care beds were in use.

As the Shelby County Health Department’s Dr. Bruce Randolph said yesterday, if you’re not listed as open in the latest health directive, you should be closed.

Today, we’ve got olive the news, including a new international grocery store and a pipeline project under pressure, and we’re looking at what was good in 2020. 

The two Republican U.S. senators representing Tennessee have not commented on the override of the Defense Authorization Act veto by Trump or the move to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. 

The Republican governor wants the newly elected 112th General Assembly to convene on Jan. 19 to look specifically at education challenges during the pandemic. 

Resident David Hoal was 59 when he died on June 3, 2019.