Strickland also commented on his operating philosophy for public officials with whom he disagrees during comments Thursday, March 11, at the Frayser Exchange Club.

“There are more than 100 qualified providers who can do vaccinations across Shelby County,” said City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen. “We made an allocation to 50 providers yesterday. Next week, 14,000 (doses) will go to those 50 providers.”

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

The university said the strain stayed within the athletic department and did not bleed into the broader campus or Memphis community.

Three MPD deputy chiefs and four police professionals outside the MPD are among the candidates being considered to succeed retiring Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland will make the decision and take it to Memphis City Council for confirmation.

Memphis Police Department launches new dashboard with use-of-force data to promote police transparency and accountability.

We’re making assessments about a new government mailer, a Bartlett bar is moving forward despite some restrictions and Arlington’s girls basketball team got a down to the wire decision.

The two bills go next to the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee.

The city’s two representatives in the U.S. House were on different sides in the Wednesday, March 10, vote to approve the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief act known as the American Rescue Plan Act.

University of Memphis President M. David Rudd announced Wednesday, March 10, that this year would be his last year in the position. 

Several MedPost locations are now called Urgent Care of Saint Francis. One is located in Olive Branch and the others are in Bartlett, Collierville, Cordova, East Memphis and Germantown according to a release by Saint Francis Healthcare.

The notices are drawing fire from a county commissioner after the commission approved $180,000 more in funding last month for the direct mail piece. The assessor’s office says it is Melvin Burgess’ way of “owning” the process.

In alignment with the Tennessee Department of Health, the Shelby County Health Department added more high risk conditions to phase 1c of vaccinations.

Rudd is the 12th president of the University of Memphis. He is completing his seventh year as president, a role he has been in since May 2014.

A new council will help residents build better economic outcomes and restore neglected communities.

Poplar Healthcare identified 15 cases of UK variant in the first run of samples, and the University of Memphis has quarantined students to contain an outbreak there.

The City is taking a ‘calculated risk’ with 100 N. Main, a basketball championship game is headed to Collierville, and an Olive Branch manufacturing facility is looking at the future. 

Memphis consistently ranks among the worst metro areas in the nation for pedestrian safety, according to Smart Growth America, a nonprofit organization that focuses on livability issues.

MLGW resumed disconnecting customers for overdue bills this week. But there are so many, the utility has had to phase the cutoffs in, giving customers more time to work out payment plans over the next year. 

The four senior centers operated by the City of Memphis will reopen Monday, March 15, on a limited basis.

Outgoing Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings discussed his retirement, violent crime and the future of MPD Tuesday, March 9, as he prepares to retire next month. 

John Zeanah talks about the evolution of regional planning on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

First-dose Pfizer appointments are available for Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Chester Anderson Training Center.

The effort to remove the judge who ruled last year that the COVID-19 pandemic was a valid reason for Tennesseans to vote by mail failed Tuesday, March 9, in a House subcommittee.

Hall will serve up to 90 days and will also help conduct the search for new permanent director.