The director of business diversity and compliance for the City of Memphis, has been appointed to the Tennessee Housing Development Agency board of directors.

Those 86 new cases came from 1,278 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 6.7%.

We're talking about a U of M numbers whiz, what happens when life gives you limes and Al Green's tweets. 

The Hospitality Hub Plaza will offer the homeless three bathrooms, water, shade, lockers, USB receptacles, Downtown skyline views and an open, gentle invitation to receive support.

No. 2 has long been Middle Tennessee State with more than 22,000 students.

Mayor Jim Strickland rolled out a 13-member group Wednesday, Sept. 2, to make what he termed “substantive, realistic and measurable” recommendations on police reform. It's the second phase of the administration's effort and includes some critics of City Hall's response thus far.

He previously opened a Chick-fil-A franchise in Jackson, Tennessee.

The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division board could have a decision in two weeks on the firm that will oversee the next steps in deciding whether to stay with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

In addition to the 82 new cases, the Health Department also reported one new related death.

The Peabody has formally laid off 57 workers who had previously been off the job on furloughs, as COVID-19 continued to ravage the hospitality and tourism sector.

Mike Williams, longtime police union leader, is retiring from the department. He has taken a job as CAO for General Sessions Court Clerk-elect Joe Brown. 

U of M also a finalist for Association of Public and Land-grant Universities annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity awards.

What's going on in Memphis? A community orchard is in the works, MLGW is flipping the switch and what's happening at Raffe's Deli? 

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan is expected to rule Sept. 16 whether DNA testing in the Pervis Payne murder case can be conducted. 

Memphis City Council members have approved a change in the financing of the multi-use Walk on Union project, changing a tax increment financing district, or TIF district, to a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, arrangement.

The Germantown Republican says he thinks mail-in absentee voting could be manipulated and said recent changes in postal service began during the Obama administration.

The approval of the ordinance Tuesday is part of the council's larger debate about the Black Lives Matter Movement. Several other resolutions from that larger discussion were also approved by the council.

The state’s Department of Education is expected to announce details Thursday about a plan to share COVID-19 school data, said Commissioner Penny Schwinn.

With coronavirus cases dropping, the University of Memphis may bring more students back to campus as early as Sept. 14, though the university says it may not be able to accommodate all faculty requests to return classes to campus.

Officer Otto Kiehl received a 10-day suspension but the case is one of several serious incidents of police abuse not sent to prosecutors to weigh possible criminal charges.

Plus, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on Tuesday announced $5,000 in funding for Senior Tech Connect, a new county program that will connect long-term care facilities with technology so residents can see their families.

The tentative plan by the city parks and neighborhoods division includes mountain-bike trails around the borders of the 18-hole golf course and walking trails with workout equipment.

As of 5 p.m. Monday, there were 215 COVID-positive people in area hospitals, according to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System; 87 of those were in ICUs. 

Levitt Shell officials say the pandemic has left them in dire financial straights and vandalism is devastating. Graceland was also tagged with graffiti.

About 24% of area ICU patients were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the virus and about 7% of acute care patients were either COVID-positive or suspected of having the virus.