The latest edition of our scorecard looks at several moves in the hiring freeze and what the rejection of a convenience store on East Holmes Road could mean for similar businesses in the rest of the county.
New CDC guidance says that people who come in close contact with a positive case may not need to be tested.
Protesters gathered at a gas station in South Memphis to draw attention to the shooting a day earlier of a 17-year-old by the U.S. Marshals task force in a case of mistaken identity.
West qualified for the Tennessee presidential ballot this week with two members of the Ford family among those who signed from Memphis. The effort also included signatures from the Nashville and Clarksville areas.
The National Weather Service - Memphis has forecast the Memphis area to receive 2-3 inches of rainfall through Saturday afternoon.
The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators is demanding an explanation from Lt. Gov. Randy McNally for posting a Facebook meme threatening “vigilante-type justice” against Black Lives Matter and Antifa.
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.
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.