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Metro The AutoZone Liberty Bowl is postponing this year’s Distinguished Citizen Award presentation and dinner honoring Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning due to ongoing health concerns surrounding COVID-19. Manning will now be honored on June 6, 2021, at the Hilton Memphis Hotel. -
Metro Virtual conference for businesses is free
Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 28, the four micro-conferences will feature industry-specific information for the government sector, hospital and restaurant industry, large employers and small business owners.
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Metro Agricenter Farmer’s Market to reopen
The market has historically operated six days a week, but will begin its 2020 season being open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. because of the pandemic.
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Metro Germantown holding public comment in email format
Germantown identified a way for the public to address the board in its virtual meetings.
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live Coronavirus Coronavirus live blog: Tennessee reports largest daily COVID-19 increase, 9,667 cases in the state
Tennessee added 478 coronavirus cases to its total Sunday for a total of 9,667 cases. This is the largest daily increase since the first case of coronavirus was announced in Tennessee.
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Premium Business Home innovations, security are success stories amid pandemic
George Gattas wondered if his home innovations business would tank during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, his workload has nearly tripled.
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Health Care Governor visits Memphis clinic, field hospital ahead of statewide reopening
At Christ Community Health Services' Frayser clinic, Lee said the focus of his weekend trip to Memphis is to inspire hope and enthusiasm for testing in under-resourced communities.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Coronavirus canceled his first marathon. So he ran it anyway. Alone.
Nate Franklin trained to run his first marathon on his 26th birthday. When it was postponed by COVID-19, he decided to run it anyway. It's a lesson for us all.
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Premium City of Memphis Wade role as $354 million MLGW bond co-counsel surfaces again
The city council's attorney has been bond counsel on 17 of the 18 Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division bond issues over the past 28 years. The relationship is being brought up again as the utility's relationship with TVA is being examined.
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Music The Lumineers, Liam Gallagher among acts dropping out of BSMF lineup
Festival organizers say the majority of previously announced acts will remain on-board for the rescheduled Beale Street Music Festival in October. A revised lineup announcement with replacement acts is planned for June.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: When it comes to coronavirus in Memphis, ‘Tennessee’ only means so much
A constant factor of Memphis life seems more pressing now than usual: To paraphrase Texas songwriter Joe Ely, we may walk the streets of Memphis, but we’ll have you understand, Tennessee is not entirely the state we’re in.
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Business When benefits outweigh employment
Employees receiving generous unemployment benefits can make it hard for restaurateurs to have adequate staff when it’s time to reopen and to meet their PPP forgiveness requirements.
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Shelby County Harris extends county emergency order a week as 44% of county cases considered recovered
The county order covers unincorporated Shelby County and follows an extension of the Memphis emergency order earlier in the week with some first steps toward an economic reopening.
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Business COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue
About 500 people are working to meet the May 14 deadline for opening a makeshift hospital to handle overflow patients in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Real Estate 46 Downtown businesses given $260,000 to help survive pandemic
Sixty-three percent of the 46 Downtown businesses receiving the forgivable loans were minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE).
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State Government Tennessee to reopen restaurants and retail stores with $5B loss in GDP projected
Facing a possible $5 billion loss in gross domestic product from the COVID-19 crisis, Tennessee will open restaurants Monday, April 27, in 89 counties, even before lifting a “safer at home” order. Shelby County is not included in the re-opening.
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Coronavirus Slight uptick in local cases coincides with increased tests
Shelby County reported 50 new cases Friday, but also confirmed its highest single day of new tests since Monday.
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Education Tennessee’s 1M students will learn less because of coronavirus closures
Students will miss at least 50 days of classroom instruction — almost a third of the school year — because of the pandemic.
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Education KIPP closes two Memphis charter schools
KIPP officials say they will continue remote learning plans through the end of the school year, but the closings will mean hundreds of students will have to find new schools this fall.
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Metro Coronavirus live blog, April 24: Tenn. adds 460 cases, largest daily increase so far
The Tennessee Department of Health reports 2,001 cases in Shelby County.
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The Early Word The Early Word: State leads reopening with restaurants; cities to share plans next week
It's Friday, April 24, and we're talking about the various plans to reopen Tennessee's economy — and how a few local doctors feel about that. We've also got Grizz games returning, a senator who left the state, and a tour business turning away from tourists to focus on locals.
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Business Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University
Methodist is participating in a study the Food and Drug Administration is conducting with Mayo Clinic, giving COVID-19 patients serum from those who have recovered from the disease.
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City of Memphis Made with love: St. George’s students support charitable mission to feed the hungry
Effort to assist St. Vincent de Paul food ministry is connected to the school’s Institute for Citizenship program.
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Coronavirus Phase 2 of local pandemic: moving from stabilization to containment
The infectious diseases expert advising the local COVID-19 task force says on "Behind The Headlines" that a ramp up in testing should extend to more work between public health agencies and private health care corporations on contact tracing.
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Elections Election commissioners get voting machine proposals, public doesn’t
The Shelby County Election Commission delayed a decision Thursday on a new voting system. The commission will hold an in-person meeting sometime next week. The commission also certified the ballot for the Aug. 6 elections in Shelby County.
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