Nearly every weekend, Laura Elliott picks up a collection of rescue dogs that can’t find a home in Memphis and drives them to Illinois, where there are families waiting to adopt.

Is the COVID-19 pandemic responsible for a so-called baby boom? At least one large Shelby County OBGYN practice has seen a significant uptick in prenatal visits since the lockdown began in March. 

After her son was shot and killed during a robbery outside his family’s apartment complex in 2018, Tameka Talley started a mentoring group for his friends. 

Shelby County Health Department reported 183 new cases Sunday bringing the county-wide total to 31,227 since early March.

On Memphis campuses, dozens of international students have deferred their arrival because they could not get visas, a factor of the pandemic and immigration politics.

Research shows Americans’ depression levels have risen during the pandemic while the CDC reports that suicide among young people increased 57% from 2007 to 2018 -- suggesting there is now enhanced risk. 

Republican lawmakers such as state Rep. Kevin Vaughan are irritated by a state report about “learning loss” among K-12 students statewide, with schools on inconsistent footing and different health department directives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Sept. 12 to Saturday, Shelby County recorded an average of 154 new coronavirus cases a day. In the preceding two weeks, the county averaged 116 new cases a day. 

If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Barrett would become the second Rhodes College graduate to hold a Supreme Court seat. The first, Justice Abe Fortas graduated in 1930 when the school was called Southwestern.

FedExForum will be used as a location to count absentee ballots in the upcoming election. The Memphis Grizzlies are happy to “serve this civic duty for our community.”

Overall, the Shelby County Health Department reports 31,044 coronavirus cases, 454 deaths and 28,954 cases classified as inactive/recovered. The active case count stands at 1,636, a slight increase from the 1,631 reported Friday.

The man accused by activists of pointing a gun at them after a march for Breonna Taylor earlier this week has been arrested and charged.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says the jail’s Direct Response Team made a “regrettable mistake” by displaying e-shields, which can deliver an electric shock, during recent protests outside 201 Poplar. 

Amy Coney Barrett, considered the frontrunner, is currently a member of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would become the Supreme Court’s youngest justice.

A Davidson County chancellor ordered the state Friday to update absentee voting guidelines to make sure voters who live with COVID-vulnerable Tennesseans, as well as caretakers, are aware they can cast absentee ballots this fall.

Davidson County chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled Friday, Sept. 25, the Registry of Election Finance violated Tennessee’s Open Meetings Act with a secret email vote in early April approving a civil penalty settlement for state Rep. Joe Towns of Memphis.

About 18% patients in area ICU beds were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the virus.

Happy Friday, folks. We’ve got Daily Memphian freebies, the initial Indie Memphis lineup and how we can prevent another Breonna Taylor tragedy. 

Various disciplines across campus will use the motion-capture technology.

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings weighed in during a press conference over the department’s Use of Force policy. A Wednesday incident in which a gun was allegedly pointed at protesters also was a topic of conversation. 

Memphian Denisha Thomas is returning to her hometown to become news director of WATN Local 24.

MLGW votes to hire Georgia consulting firm to get proposals on companies seeking to replace TVA as the energy source for the utility. 

The treatment is expected to shorten the illness in those who are sick and build immunity in those who are not. 

Trying to prevent a replay of the Breonna Taylor shooting death from taking place in Tennessee, state Sen. Raumesh Akbari is planning legislation prohibiting police from using no-knock warrants.

The potential appointment of Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just before the Nov. 3 presidential election is creating division within the college community, according to a letter from the school’s president.