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City of Memphis
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Metro
FedEx Institute offers all-female hackathon
The virtual hackathon is designed for women of all tech abilities and will be held Sept. 11-12.
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Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event
With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.
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Metro
Watch live: Gov. Bill Lee’s latest briefing
Gov. Bill Lee’s Thursday press briefing is in progress.
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Coronavirus
Coronavirus cases stable in city but rising in suburbs, rural areas
The positivity rate for COVID-19 tests is on the rise in Shelby County suburbs and rural West Tennessee.
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Metro Watch the Sept. 10 Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force Briefing
The Shelby County Health Department reported 105 new coronavirus cases and one new related death on Thursday, Sept. 10.
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Education
Parents petition Shelby County Schools for shorter online classes
The state requires 6.5 hours of daily instruction, which can be met through recorded lessons and students independently completing assignments, as well as teacher-led live lessons.
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Coronavirus
Number of COVID-positive patients in area ICUs drops below 80
There are 199 COVID-positive patients in area hospitals; 73 of those are in ICUs.
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Education
SCS history teacher is West Tennessee Teacher of the Year
History teacher Daniel Warner has been recognized by the Tennessee Department of Education for his work at East High School.
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Health Care
Sudden halt of vaccine trial ‘sound of system working’
Local doctors say science has to prevail in race for safe, effective vaccine.
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Public Safety
Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shoot man after barricade in Fayette County
SWAT team deputies with Shelby County Sheriff's Office fatally shoot man barricaded in home in Fayette County.
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The Early Word
The Early Word: Snuff gets the Spirit; fantasy football’s reality check
We're talking about kids and COVID, whether the Sheriff's Office should get tanks or bayonets, and a fresh, new East Memphis cafe.
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Metro
Department of Education removed Common Core resources from virtual learning site
The Tennessee Department of Education scrubbed its Best for All Central virtual teaching site of Common Core resources after questions were raised about the controversial curriculum, leaving no extra worksheets in its place on most of its teaching options for students learning remotely.
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Elections
Federal court allows absentee voting by mail for new voters
Lawsuit challenged the Tennessee state law preventing first-time voters from using expanded eligibility for absentee voting during the pandemic.
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Business
U of M delays next phase a week; 35% of CBU faculty teaching from home
U of M says extra week will give it more time to work out logistics of having more students on campus.
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Shelby County
Shelby County Correctional Center reports first COVID-19 death
It is the first reported death from the coronavirus at the facility.
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Shelby County
Debate on police reform proposals at County Commission gets heated
The three ordinances are scheduled for the first of three votes on Monday. And still to weigh in on the proposals is Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner.
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Financial Services
Investment strategies during pandemic, election season
Investors should look at their time horizon and goals for retirement, not base decisions on any one event, local wealth managers say.
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State Government
State’s new COVID-19 reporting site shows 756 cases in K-12 schools
The Tennessee Department of Education has launched an online dashboard with COVID-19 case information at school and district levels. It shows 514 student cases and 242 staff cases statewide.
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Metro City awards Allworld $19M contract
“Our vision is for this program to be an example of how a minority firm can perform at the same level of service as majority firms,” said Michael Hooks Jr., CEO of Allworld Project Management.
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Shelby County
County to review suburban relief
Shelby County commissioners will consider distributing $3.4 million for the local suburbs in their meeting Monday.
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Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Lowest number of new cases reported since June
The number of deaths reported, however, was relatively high.
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Coronavirus
Drive-thru flu shots coming to Cordova
Patients should bring their insurance card – BlueCross BlueShield or others – to receive the shot as part of their insurance. For uninsured patients, the flu shot will cost $41.
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The Early Word
The Early Word: Health Dept. investigates glitch, businesses; we’ve got game
Home prices are up, inventory is down and we're watching out for one Heck of a golfer. And summer may be over, but there's still time for a staycation.
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City of Memphis
City Council Scorecard: Finding the BLM divide and changing Lamar
The latest edition of our City Council scorecard finds a healthy council majority in favor of changing street names as part of a slate of Black Lives Matter proposals. Plus, the Council held a unanimous vote to begin changing the business streetscape along a stretch of Lamar Avenue.
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Metro
Late Curtis Person Jr. known for state Senate, Juvenile Court
Former Republican state Senator and Juvenile Court Judge Curtis Person Jr. died Friday at the age of 85. He began his political career as a Democratic state Representative and ended it 48 years later with a single term as one of only three elected Juvenile Court Judges in Shelby County over the past 55 years.
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