The Shelby County Health Department reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Monday, Oct. 5.

It’s Monday, Oct. 5, and FedEx is getting cold, restaurants want more from the Health Department and the Restaurant Pheonix Project goes whole hog. 

FedEx is hiring, buying freezers and working with pharmaceutical companies to plan a massive distribution effort for the coronavirus vaccine, in which Memphis is expected to play a crucial role.

House Democrats, including five from Shelby County, are calling for a state Comptroller’s audit of Gov. Bill Lee’s federal-coronavirus-funds spending amid questions about its effectiveness.

After six months of coronavirus, the resulting losses are profound, but the stories these people tell are about going on, a process they find central to living with the unknown. 

The Shelby County daily positivity rate from Sunday is about 5.6% after 2,620 tests were administered. The Health Department reported seven new deaths.

Monday afternoon is the deadline to register to vote in the presidential general election if you aren’t already registered. Here is a look at the demographics of the Shelby County voter base.

Voter registration drives are busy on the last weekend before the registration deadline. But more than 80% of Shelby County’s voting age population is already registered. The tale of the 2020 presidential election in Shelby County will be told by the voters on the rolls who show up.

Even though the Cooper Young Festival was canceled this year due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual four-miler race went on.

From Sept. 19 to Saturday, Oct. 3, the Shelby County Health Department reported an average of 122 new coronavirus cases and 2,782 tests reported each day, yielding a 4.4% positivity rate. Those results included tests from people tested multiple times.

Overall, the Shelby County Health Department reports 31,840 coronavirus cases, 478 deaths and 30,050 cases classified as inactive/recovered. The active case count stands at 1,312, a decrease from the 1,452 reported Friday.

The chairman of a committee studying the governor’s emergency authority says the Legislature could increase notification requirements and even put an end the office’s executive powers in a prolonged state of emergency.

Business leader and developer J.W. Gibson talks about the South Memphis TIF taking in Soulsville, LeMoyne-Owen College and the old Metro Plaza on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

MPD officers have been told to submit job-related social media search terms by Oct. 12. 

Memphis municipal courts to resume in-person appearances with a staggered schedule beginning Monday, Oct. 5. 

Staying open two more hours at night could make all the difference for bars that were closed for almost three months because of COVID, owners say.

For months before he died, the Greek Orthodox priest’s front yard became a gathering place for well-wishers from all parts of town and walks of life.

Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright said Friday he’d recently tested positive for the coronavirus and had just completed an isolation period. His wife was the only person exposed and has since tested negative for the virus.

The Constitution’s 25th Amendment spells out the procedures under which the president can declare himself “unable to discharge the powers and duties” of the presidency.

The EEOC suit claimed that Memphis-based company hired a male senior business analyst and paid him $18,000 more than a woman in the same position.

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.