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  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: Number of Tennessee tests tops 2 million

    In addition to two real-time deaths from COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the health department says 11 new deaths will be added to the total of Shelby County citizens who have died from complications of the novel coronavirus.

    By Jared Boyd August 24, 2020
  • Education

    Leatherwood: Schools will run into challenges staying open in COVID world

    Republican state Rep. Tom Leatherwood of Arlington believes schools will have a hard time staying open this year because of quarantine rules and the impact of one person testing positive for COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard August 22, 2020
  • Podcast On the Record

    City Parks director says parks seeing ‘renaissance’ in pandemic

    Nick Walker, who recently went from interim to permanent director of the city’s division of parks and neighborhoods, talked about the change and the move to a parks master plan on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    TVA chief details Memphis losses in economic development by leaving the system

    Memphis and Shelby County will sacrifice hundreds of millions of dollars worth of support in economic development if Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division splits from TVA, chief executive Jeffrey Lyash tells the EDGE Board.

    By Tom Bailey, Bill Dries August 21, 2020
  • Education

    A champion for students, former state education commissioner Jane Walters dies at 85

    Career in education spanned more than half a century in the classroom, school and nonprofit leadership and eventually reaching the highest level of state government.

    By Linda A. Moore August 21, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus: Metrics, except deaths, decline

    The Shelby County Health Department reported 147 new coronavirus cases and six new related deaths on Friday, Aug. 21.

    By Elle Perry August 21, 2020
  • Health Care

    FDA delay of blood plasma approval won’t slow local trials

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis has conducted nearly 850 of the plasma transfusions during the pandemic. 

    By Jane Roberts August 21, 2020
  • Education

    Governor lists school vouchers among his biggest accomplishments – and disappointments

    Gov. Bill Lee expects the voucher rollout, which was halted when a Nashville judge overturned the 2019 law in May, will be resurrected in 2021. The Tennessee Court of Appeals is expected to rule this fall on the state’s appeal.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 21, 2020
  • Education

    SCS Superintendent: Expect early problems with online learning

    Shelby County Schools will have more than 95,000 students online simultaneously when classes begin Aug. 31, Superintendent Joris Ray said. "We're going to learn from our mistakes and we're going to get better and better each and every day."

    By Laura Faith Kebede August 21, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Movie theaters are ready when you are; a new ‘Sunrise’ on the horizon?

    It's Friday, Aug. 21, and summer movie season is set to begin, you might be able to get fitted for a new set of golf clubs, and the airport is looking to charge up travelers. 

    By Mary Cashiola August 21, 2020
  • Premium Food News

    Ryan Trimm faces a triple COVID challenge in an uncertain future

    Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.

    By Jennifer Biggs August 21, 2020
  • Metro

    Seminary’s pandemic challenge: Protect students, equip them to protect others

    MTS finds ways to help ICU nurse, cancer patient and other students deal with financial stress, medical and moral strain 

    By David Waters August 21, 2020
  • State Government

    Lee, Akbari defend ‘child wellbeing’ proposal despite reversal

    Republican Gov. Bill Lee and Democratic state Sen. Raumesh Akbari are defending a defunct proposal by the Tennessee Department of Education for “child wellbeing checks” at homes statewide while some lawmakers call the program “overreach.”

    By Sam Stockard August 21, 2020
  • Business

    Post Office supporters stage all-night vigil

    Supporters of a robust U.S. Postal Service turned out Thursday night for an all-night vigil near the Main Post Office in Downtown Memphis.

    By Wayne Risher August 20, 2020
  • Video Behind The Headlines

    Police numbers still dominate city council’s debate over police reform

    Council members Michalyn Easter-Thomas and Chase Carlisle were on opposite sides of the council's veto override vote on police residency this week. On "Behind The Headlines" they talked about how many police are enough and how to get to the bigger issues beyond the numbers in the ranks.

    By Bill Dries August 20, 2020
  • Bartlett

    Kustoff talks CARES Act, PPP and USPS during Bartlett chamber speech

    David Kustoff touts the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program, but says the most recent attempt at relief cost too much. He also says the postal service must adapt to new conditions.

    By Michael Waddell August 20, 2020
  • State Government

    Governor says he now wants to make school COVID figures public

    Gov. Bill Lee is shifting positions on releasing COVID-19 figures in schools, saying he wants to make the information public and is seeking federal approval.

    By Sam Stockard August 20, 2020
  • Education

    Community volunteers to examine effects of pandemic on students

    Stakeholders in the Collierville community are analyzing data specific to the suburban district. The data evaluation team will look at various affects the pandemic has on the suburban schools and 

    By Abigail Warren August 20, 2020
  • Metro

    Delta Dental donates $150,000 to local children’s hospitals

    The $150,000 was part of a more than $325,000 total gift from Delta Dental’s charitable arm to the seven children’s hospitals in the state.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 21, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Haushalter: ‘We are moving in the right direction’

    Shelby County Health Department Health Officer Dr. Bruce Randolph: “We are looking at the data. It is looking good, but what we don't want to do is get so excited that we return back too soon."

    By Jane Roberts August 21, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Watch the Aug. 20 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing

    The Shelby County Health Department reported 157 new coronavirus cases and one new related death on Thursday, Aug. 20.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 20, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    COVID hospitalizations continue to fall

    The number of COVID-positive patients in area hospitals is 278, as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to Tennessee's Healthcare Resource Tracking System. Two weeks prior, that number was 359.

    By Elle Perry August 20, 2020
  • State Government

    Elected official recuperating after catching COVID-19

    House Minority Leader Karen Camper is recuperating at her Memphis home under the care of a physician after contracting COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard August 20, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Owens pleads to federal heroin conspiracy charge

    The son of onetime topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens is one of five people charged last year with running a heroin and fentanyl dealing operation in the city as Owens allegedly was planning to open a Memphis nightclub.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2020
  • The Early Word

    Heart burn over football, social media on the job and how to let loose during the pandemic

    It's Thursday, Aug. 20, and we're talking about churches on Summer Avenue, late-night coronavirus chats and the MLGW board's power moves. 

    By Mary Cashiola August 20, 2020

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