The total number of COVID-positive patients in area hospitals was 250, as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25. 

A Davidson County chancellor ordered the Secretary of State’s Office to modify its absentee ballot application to reflect the changing position it argued before the Supreme Court in early August.

It's Wednesday, Aug. 26, and we're talking about MLGW's long, long lines, some of our fan favorites from the Tigers and how moms, well, moms talk. 

Golfers may have to stand six feet apart to pay their greens fee, but sitting side-by-side in riding golf carts has become easier.

Tennessee’s unemployed workers are to receive a check for $900 within the next three weeks through a federal grant program putting $44 billion into the national economy, state officials said Tuesday.

Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday the media is important in allowing the community to see what is happening at events and called blocking reporters from a Collierville High School football game “inappropriate."

Gov. Bill Lee’s latest coronavirus briefing is in progress.

COVID-19 claimed the life of a child under 13 years old this week, health officials said, noting the virus was either the cause of death or a contributing factor. 

The Shelby County Health Department reported 122 new coronavirus cases and no new related deaths on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

About 30% of area ICU patients were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the virus.

The Health Department has been criticized previously for its decision not to release coronavirus case information by individual schools. 

It's Tuesday, Aug. 25, and we're talking about schools and sports, a new slice and 'Dice' place and how a hiring freeze is affecting the county. But mostly schools and sports. 

A new law stripping people’s voting rights for camping on restricted state property is drawing heat from voting rights advocates and state lawmakers who say it is unjustified.

A proposed convenience store with gas pumps on the southeast corner of East Holmes Road and Hacks Cross Road was voted down Monday, Aug. 24, by Shelby County commissioners.

Shelby County commissioners approved a waiver to the freeze Monday for county firefighters but put off another waiver for 78 more positions in other departments. 

The voter turnout totals certified Monday by the Shelby County Election Commission show a larger than normal number of provisional ballots. 

Schools have responsibility to contact people who may have come in contact with the virus on school property. It must happen within 12 hours. 

The Lost Wages Assistance will end when the federal grant funding is exhausted. If the federal funding is not exhausted, payments in Tennessee will end Saturday, Dec. 26.

Dr. Betty Harville was the first Black female optometrist in Tennessee and first Black woman in the U.S. to become a full-time optometry school professor.

About face comes after high-ranking experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, said early results did not prove the therapy works.

With 289 new coronavirus cases and 2,889 tests reported this morning, the day's positivity rate is almost exactly 10% — the figure local health experts want to see. 

Shelby County Schools students will be attending school remotely from home this fall, but the basic rules of school will still apply, with penalties for tardiness, truancy and dress code violations.

Welcome back to The Early Word, where we're talking about a football folly, the pandemic's effect on young people and what the TVA says we stand to lose if we don't choose it for our power. 

Twenty-four juveniles have been killed to date in the city compared to 16 all of last year. Police and the community are grappling with the rise in violent deaths. 

Milton's argument comes as the head of information services for county government says his lean budget could exacerbate problems hiring tech employees. The commission votes Monday on a set of exceptions to the county's hiring freeze totaling 104 positions and nearly $7 million.