The FedEx Express hub in Memphis has added no-touch thermal imaging and forehead temperature testing for workers, vendors and visitors to its precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
I’m worried about everyone. Not just my family, not just my friends, not just the people who work around me. But every single person I see.
Advocates and experts say isolation caused by coronavirus raises concerns about an increase in domestic violence incidents.
Lloyd Kimble, a 55-year-old Navy veteran, is a detective of an entirely different sort, one most people never think about.
More votes for Trump and Biden and Sanders, the April 2nd filing deadline, no COVID testing numbers and who we are after the unemployment spike.
It's Friday, March 27, and we're talking about grocery store challenges, a record number of layoffs and how vulnerable Memphis is to the effects of COVID-19.
Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.
The city could close parks if social distancing is not maintained.
“We’re building an airplane in the air and doing it on a stopwatch. We’ve got a minute to build it.”
Memphis-area groceries say there’s no shortage of food products, but paper products is another story.
FedEx responded quickly when federal agencies asked for expedited movement of coronavirus test specimens from remote testing sites to labs. The network launched Saturday, March 21.
The team hopes to open May 9 and is exploring ways to get sell vendors' products in the interim.
Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Election Commission remains open to issue and take petitions from contenders on the Aug. 6 ballot of state and federal primaries and nonpartisan school board races.
Gov. Bill Lee is seeking help from Vanderbilt University Medical Center on a “unique” model to project the COVID-19 spread in Tennessee that will enable the state to determine its effect on hospital capacity and personal protective equipment as well as the next hot spots.
Local health and government leaders refuse to say how many people have been tested, how many coronavirus patients are currently in the hospital or how many test kits are available locally.
The online vote changed the City Council’s method of debating items and rounding up votes. But the issue remains a constant in council deliberations whether in person or online.
Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked about existing issues of health care coverage and the impact of no long-term expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee during an appearance on "Behind The Headlines."
Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings has been out of the office on "personal time" off and no one will confirm if he went on trip to Ghana with the Memphis in May delegation.
The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.
To be eligible, families must have been employed as of March 11, 2020 but have since then lost employment or at least 50% of their earned income due to the COVID-19 emergency.
Planning, Finance and Board of Mayor and Aldermen meetings are the only city meetings continuing at this time.
It's Thursday, March 26, and the Get Live Virtual Music Festival kicks off today. Plus, two historic Downtown buildings are getting a renovation, one doctor tells us how it is and we're using Zoom to see our friends.
Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.
"There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.