Forty federal agents will be deployed to Memphis as part of Operation LeGend, a federal initiative designed to fight violent crime, officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6.

“As things become more open, we’re relying on you, your own judgement to decide whether or not you should attend or participate in certain activities,” Dr. Bruce Randolph said.

Dr. Bruce Randolph, Shelby County Health Department health officer, starts off Thursday's briefing. Randolph reports four new COVID-19 deaths.

Fund means that new gifts of $35,000-$55,000, pledged over up to five years, will be matched 1-to-2.

It's Thursday, Aug. 6, and we're talking about the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine, how people feel about the latest in the police residency saga and an opportunity for the city to get super buff in 2021. 

While the polls are open, this is the place to come throughout the day for updates on how election day is going. 

Memphis Oral School for the Deaf's unique teaching will resume next week as parents drop off their children. The school has taken additional measures to keep staff and students safe.

Here’s what to expect if you are voting today, from pandemic preparations to what to do if your absentee ballot didn't arrive. And what to expect on your ballot.

José Lara was hospitalized this summer with COVID-19 and was treated with remdesivir at Methodist Hospital-North. His heart breaks for friends and family using folk remedies, including lemon juice.

The scorecard highlights a pivotal vote in the police reform debate and why both sides in the discussion still have separate paths to pursue.

On the eve of election day, the state's highest court rules the expanded access to absentee ballots for the August elections means all of those votes will be counted. But for November, absentee ballots will not be open to all who have general concerns for their health if they vote in person instead of by mail. There was a dissenting opinion on the court.

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings says the City Council decision to take residency off the Nov. 3 ballot leaves voters out of a critical decision. The vote is a challenge to Mayor Jim Strickland’s core philosophy on fighting crime after he dramatically upped the number of new officers he believes is necessary.

Robert Cooper used a line from the Eagles song “Hotel California” to argue that Metro Nashville and Shelby County will be hurt financially by the state’s Education Savings Account program.

The funeral will be a private family service, but it will be livestreamed on the church’s website beginning with the prelude at 1:50 p.m.

During the period between July 22 to Wednesday, the county reported about 362 new cases and 2,309 tests results a day with a 15.7% positivity rate.

An attorney for Memphis plaintiffs challenging the state’s absentee voting law says Tennessee’s elections coordinator is the source of information showing plaintiffs voted in person despite their claims that going to the polls could put them and others at risk for catching COVID-19.

The latest figures add just under 200 new coronavirus cases to the total count. 

It's Wednesday, Aug. 5, and we've got questions about tripwires, how Mississippi reports its coronavirus cases and how the Cardinals quarantine. 

St. Jude is using daily test data of hundreds of employees to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19 immunity, antibodies.

It’s a community service to put election stories outside the paywall. And yet, bluntly, our decision also comes with a cost. Because producing this news is expensive.

Two proposals with common political ground were before the council Tuesday. 

Gov. Bill Lee, faced with opening schools in the midst of a pandemic, promised more “transparency” Tuesday, Aug. 4, on reporting COVID-19 cases in schools but declined to say the public will be given case numbers for every school statewide.

Persons infected with COVID-19 should limit exposure to household contacts. No visitors should be allowed in the home.

U of M needs several weeks of downward COVID-19 trends before it will consider bringing more students back.

Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to speak today at a 3 p.m. press briefing.