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

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.

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. 

Masking and social distancing greatly damped flu in the Southern Hemisphere over the summer. But it also means there was little to go on in what the Northern Hemisphere flu vaccine should include.

The City Council Scorecard also looks at a police reform measure that fell short of seven votes and failure of Graceland's plan to open a manufacturing plant with a vocational school in Whitehaven.

Three Shelby County Health Department Employees toured Collierville Schools Tuesday.

Judge rules that Memphis Police Department did not comply with social media sanctions when conducting online searches during police investigations. 

A Sons of Confederate Veterans lawsuit against the state contends the State Capitol Commission has no authority over the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest and that a vote to relocate it should be “null and void.”

The most recent daily positivity rate also fell below 10%. 

Environmental advocates including Protect Our Aquifer have sued TVA, saying new agreements for power distributors weren't properly reviewed for environmental impacts before they were put in place in 2019.

As expected, the utility is moving to a request-for-proposal process that would seek specific proposals from electric power suppliers that could replace the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Rhodes College has 100 community partners across Memphis and more than 80% of its students are engaged in community service.

Any demolition permit for a church on Summer Avenue that is 50 years old or older would have to get Memphis City Council approval for the next six months.

Web-based program can be used by adults anyway in the nation.

It's Wednesday, Aug. 19, and The Walk is redefining mixed-use, the Memphis City Council isn't backing down, and our coronavirus reproductive rate has dropped below one. 

The Shelby County Health Department is not tracking the number of COVID-19 cases in the schools nor is it requiring schools to report cases. 

Related: Like Shelby County, COVID-19 reporting among schools statewide is random

Union and community activist Antonio Cathey alleges the Memphis Police Department is spying on him after he discovered a camera outside his grandmother’s house. 

The MLGW board meets Wednesday and is likely to get a recommendation from its CEO to find a firm to field price quotes and other specific options toward either staying with TVA or what life after TVA looks like.

School districts throughout the state are taking different approaches to reporting COVID-19 cases. Some are prepared to notify parents and the public about outbreaks, while others are only notifying the parents of children who may have come into contact with a positive case.

State Sen. Raumesh Akbari concentrated on women’s issues in her portion of the keynote address backing Joe Biden in a virtual Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, Aug. 18.

Memphis police officer Bobby Montgomery worked for MPD for 17 years and was remembered as a "gentle giant" who loved the community and being an officer. He died Sunday, Aug. 16 of complications from COVID-19. 

When Southeastern Conference teams begin playing a 10-game conference-only schedule Sept. 26, the University of Tennessee Volunteers could play football in Neyland Stadium this season with only 25,000 fans.

FedEx said a premium pay program is coming to the Memphis and Indianapolis hubs as it gears up for peak season.

The veto and override came on a full day of council discussion and debate about police reform in general, including a vote on a resolution opposing the presence of the federal Operation LeGend in the city and U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant's meeting with the council.

The Memphis City Council voted down plans Tuesday, Aug. 18, for a manufacturing facility and vocational school at the old Graves Elementary School site in Whitehaven. The project was the latest stage of an expansion of Graceland's presence in Whitehaven that includes a hotel-resort and an entertainment complex.