If the field hospital has to open, the region will be in a mess, Dr. Richard Walker says, and health care workers will be scarce. 

The effort short of a statewide mask mandate includes a coalition of local leaders across West Tennessee. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he is also working on a long-term plan for the county to continue to deal with the pandemic through 2021 and after federal CARES Act funding runs out at the end of December.

FedEx is in daily contact with stakeholders in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, from manufacturers and distributors to government agencies to some sites where vaccines will be administered.

The Metal Museum has raised $12 million toward a $35 million goal to both renovate Rust Hall and create an endowment, states a resolution before the City Council.

The project would add to $107 million in facility investments on the Park Avenue Campus since 2015.

The Lynx’s Division 2-AA quarterfinal opponent, Lipscomb, advances to the semifinals.

“We are finding a lot of our cases are occurring with people feeling sick, but still going to work, going to a restaurant or socializing,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said.

Since March, the Health Department has reported 604 Shelby County deaths from coronavirus.

Health department director Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris react to the wave of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and a bill that could usurp local authority.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 10 new deaths resulting from the novel coronavirus on Thursday, Nov. 12.

Memphis’ city-run animal shelter is adapting to COVID, and a cup of coffee isn’t just a cup of coffee in Raleigh. Plus, new Grizz gear, a returning son and artwork from a high school senior. 

Officials broke ground Wednesday, Nov. 11, on the Early Childhood Academy in Orange Mound, a collaboration of the University of Memphis and Porter-Leath.

tnAchieves is looking for mentors to help students entering the TN Promise program. This year, because of COVID-19, students and mentors will use a virtual platform.

With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.

The federal Department of Justice will allow local police serving on federal task forces to wear body cameras. In Memphis and other parts of the country, federal officials have been criticized for banning the use of cameras on joint local-federal operations. 

A national third-party logistics provider, Exegistics, has acquired Memphis staffing operations of Versant Supply Chain.

A glimpse, in photos, of how people in the area commemorated Veterans Day.

The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 187 new coronavirus cases and five new related deaths.

Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn believes some families opted to home-school their children, and others enrolled their kids in private schools, especially in Memphis and Nashville. But the biggest decline was in kindergarten enrollment.

As they say, there must be something in the water. A years-long water-rights dispute seems near to a close (and hopefully we won’t owe anyone $600 million). Plus, a local start-up looks to revolutionize the logistics industry. 

Without a statewide mask mandate, leaders across West Tennessee are working to help people understand there is not a rural and urban virus.

Despite a few questions, the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to fund a $62 million plan to improve parking, walking and cycling Downtown. The City Council and County Commission still must approve the project.

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Shelby County Health Department reported 691 new coronavirus cases, the second highest number since the start of the pandemic. 

Tuesday’s 691 cases come from 8,252 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 8.4%.