On Thursday, the Shelby County Health Department reported seven new coronavirus-related deaths. Friday, it reported six more.

Sen. Katrina Robinson, accused of embezzling more than $600,000 from her business, The Healthcare Institute, now has a trial date set for Sept. 13, 2021.

Join Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris via Facebook Live today at 11 a.m. as they safely enjoy a restaurant lunch.

The COVID-19 pandemic might have grounded some local model airplane enthusiasts for a while, but it couldn’t stop them from building more Ringmaster model planes and being ready for Saturday’s 13th annual Worldwide Fly-A-Thon.

The Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, has awarded nearly $2.5 million to 78 nonprofits in a second phase of funding.

It’s Friday, Oct. 2, and education leaders aren’t afraid of changes, one company is betting on bugs and the blues are still blue. Plus, the difference between a Rhodes graduate, a Rhodes scholar and a road scholar. 

The governor and his education commissioner stand by the presentation of a massive learning loss report even though old data was used to make dire predictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grandson of Elvis Presley has been laid to rest in the Meditation Garden at Graceland.

House Minority Leader Karen Camper criticized plans by House Speaker Cameron Sexton to kill the independence of Shelby County’s Health Department amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revoked driver’s licenses and open carry gun permits were two of several issues District Attorney General Amy Weirich discussed during a speaking engagement at the Frayser Exchange Club on Thursday afternoon.

Rev. Nicholas L. Vieron’s funeral will include an all-night vigil in Memphis that will be livestreamed on YouTube, before burial in his hometown of New Orleans.

Memphis Botanic Garden’s annual fall plant sale is underway and continues through Saturday, Oct. 3.

In the next Health Directive, Dr. Bruce Randolph expects the Health Department will revise indoor and outdoor seating capacity for sporting events.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 78 coronavirus-related deaths in September.

And the month of October begins with seven new reported deaths due to COVID-19. 

The schools that Tennessee took over in the last decade can begin to return to their local districts in Memphis and Nashville in 2024 instead of 2022 as proposed earlier this year. 

The design by LRK Architects for adaptive reuse of the historic warehouse that once housed Spaghetti Warehouse adds a prominent front porch, monumental glass entry and lots of windows.

To celebrate the first day of October, we’ve got moderator ideas for the next debate, outdoors adventure and questions over continued coronavirus restrictions. 

MPD officers are suspended in connection with Black man’s rape allegations, posing fresh questions about controversial stop-and-frisk practices.

Shelby County Criminal Court trials can resume in October after judges suspended trials in August because of COVID-19. 

The set of four ordinances cleared second reading this week on the Shelby County Commission with some shifts in votes and declarations since first reading. The third and final vote is in two weeks.

Suburban mayors are waiting on Shelby County Health Department following Gov. Bill Lee’s most recent order, hoping for some consistency between the state and local regulations.

Neighborhood-based nonprofit Carpenter Art Garden is proposing a 4.33-by-6.25-foot “Welcome to Binghampton” sign located at the Binghampton Gateway Center, on the corner of Sam Cooper Boulevard and Tillman Street.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton will try to reduce the authority of the Shelby County Health Department and five others operating independently, but could run into opposition from others who believe urban areas need autonomy in situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

A federal court has blocked temporarily a state law that forces abortion clinics to tell patients about the potential to “reverse” a medical abortion.