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  • City of Memphis

    City Council Scorecard: A cell tower falls and a shift on Black Lives Matter Avenue

    The council's Glenview cell tower vote and a series of Black Lives Matter proposals setting the stage for some renamings of public places are the latest entries in our ongoing scorecard of council roll call votes.

    By Bill Dries July 24, 2020
  • Elections

    Early voting through five days tops 22,000

    The turnout totals from the Shelby County Election Commission also show the first indications of a massive absentee voter turnout as election officials expect to catch up to a backlog of absentee applications by Friday.

    By Bill Dries July 23, 2020
  • State Government

    State Rep. Lamar appointed to emergency powers committee

    State Rep. London Lamar is hoping a new emergency powers committee she is joining will look at the governor’s executive authority and decisions affecting everything from business closings to education amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Sam Stockard July 23, 2020
  • State Government

    Governor won’t require masks statewide despite changing GOP attitudes

    Even though Republican governors are mandating masks and President Donald Trump has begun calling them "patriotic," Gov. Bill Lee continues to decline requiring face coverings statewide.

    By Sam Stockard July 23, 2020
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: A return to part-time teaching and other adjustments to a national failure

    We’ve had more time to prepare for remote learning than we had in the spring. But there are complications that our spring pause did not present: new teachers for most, new schools for many, and a first school experience for some. 

    By Chris Herrington July 23, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Another MATA employee tests positive for the coronavirus

    MATA has had nine employees test positive from the coronavirus since April.

    By Linda A. Moore July 24, 2020
  • Education

    CBU details plans for hybrid return, with in-person class when possible

    The president says the university is lucky it doesn't have many classes with a large-lecture format. 

    By Jane Roberts July 23, 2020
  • Metro

    Memphis, Shelby County report highest state unemployment rates in June

    The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased for the second consecutive month, falling to 9.7% in June from 11% in May.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 23, 2020
  • Metro

    Jobless claims spike 20% in Shelby County

    Continuing unemployment claims dipped slightly both locally and statewide for the week.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 23, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    COVID Task Force in search of ‘testing czar’

    City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen said the local COVID-19 task force is in search of a “testing czar” to look at coronavirus testing in Shelby County.

    By Omer Yusuf July 23, 2020
  • Update Coronavirus

    Shelby County positivity rate nears 10%

    Shelby County’s overall positivity rate of coronavirus tests has increased yet again; the number is now 9.8%. Today's positivity rate is 18.4%.

    By Elle Perry July 23, 2020
  • Metro

    Methodist first to use new FDA-approved EEG device

    The new EEG test can be set up in less than five minutes, while a typical EEG test takes between 20-30 minutes.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 23, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Ready to eat outdoors? And see a comet?

    It's Thursday, July 23, and Major League Baseball's season will begin today. We're all going to be eating street food, the Nylon Net building may be getting new life and a wing business is taking flight. 

    By Mary Cashiola July 23, 2020
  • State Government

    Hargett draws fire in U.S. Senate committee on state’s resistance to expanded absentee voting

    Hargett called for more federal funding for election procedures in the pandemic without Washington putting any conditions on state election officials in the process. Lawmakers questioned him closely on the state's opposition to expanded absentee balloting even after it was ordered by a state court. 

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020
  • Education

    LeMoyne-Owen College to offer students free laptops, a new Methodist Le Bonheur clinic on campus

    The college will open for virtual classes Aug. 12, and will monitor coronavirus case numbers to decide whether to reopen the campus after Labor Day.

    By Linda A. Moore July 23, 2020
  • Metro

    Germantown changes school start date

    Germantown Municipal School District has announced it will push back its start date for the fall semester to Aug. 17.

    By Abigail Warren July 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Riverside Drive to reopen next month to weekday auto traffic

    The reopening is one of several measures the city is announcing or considering this week in what looks like a new round of measures in the four-month-old pandemic

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Brightest comet in 20 years blazes path over Mid-South

    The 3-mile ball of ice will make its closest approach to the Earth on Thursday, July 23.

    By Patrick Lantrip July 23, 2020
  • Shelby County

    COVID-19 cases, positivity rate rising while hospital capacity tightens locally

    Shelby County, from July 8-22, averaged 342 new cases a day, 2,350 test results and a 14.6% positivity rate, according to Shelby County Health Department data.

    By Omer Yusuf July 22, 2020
  • Election 2020 Elections

    Absentee ballot count stands at about 11,000, Phillips says

    So far, the return by voters of the unusually high number of the mail-in ballots hasn't shown up in the early voting turnout figures. Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips told county commissioners Wednesday, July 22, that some absentee voters may not complete their ballots because they are expecting to see the presidential general election that is on the November ballot.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Lake District adds women’s boutique store

    The store will feature young women’s lines of clothing that will be unique to the area.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 22, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Shelby County coronavirus positivity rate continues to grow

    A person attending an event with 10 attendees in Shelby County currently has a 40% chance of encountering someone COVID-positive at that event. 

    By Elle Perry July 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Lee announces $150M for nonprofits

    Gov. Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group have announced the release of $150 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds to help Tennessee nonprofits provide COVID-related relief.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 22, 2020
  • Financial Services

    Pinnacle touts mortgage business in Q2 affected by COVID-19

    Pinnacle granted payment deferrals on $4.4 billion in loans and issued $2.2 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to customers affected by the pandemic.

    By Christin Yates July 22, 2020
  • Metro

    Council scraps Glenview cell tower, delays vote on Balmoral office space

    Memphis City Council members voted down a new cell tower in the Glenview Historic District Tuesday, July 21, after objections from homeowners, including three council members.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2020

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