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  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, April 14: Tennessee up to 5,823 cases, 124 deaths

    There have been 633 hospitalizations and 1,969 people are classified as having recovered from the disease.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 15, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Governor extends ‘shelter at home’ order until April 30, prepares to reopen economy

    With his “shelter at home” order set to expire Tuesday, Gov. Bill Lee Monday extended the mandate for at least two weeks in an effort to flatten the COVID-19 curve.

    By Sam Stockard April 13, 2020
  • Memphis Tigers Football

    Brady White staying in shape for football while staying home

    Quarterback Brady White hopes there is a football season, and he's going to prepare for one until someone tells him football is off.

    By Jonah Jordan April 14, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    City offers loans, EDGE grants for small businesses hit hard by pandemic

    The working capital for small businesses is partially a response to complaints from local businesses that they either can't reach the Small Business Administration or their bankers for help in getting federal stimulus funds or they have been denied the federal funding.

    By Bill Dries April 14, 2020
  • Elections

    DeBerry reverses course to challenge ouster from Democratic ticket

    State Rep. John DeBerry said Monday he has no other choice but to challenge a decision by the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee to remove him from the August primary.

    By Sam Stockard April 13, 2020
  • Transportation & Logistics

    FedEx Freight temporarily trimming workers due to weak volumes

    FedEx Freight says it will offer "voluntary furlough opportunities" to a small percentage of workers to offset declines in volume due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Wayne Risher April 13, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tailor-made masks, loans and the latest order from the outbreak

    It's April 14, and today the Spaghetti Warehouse renovation should take a step forward. We've also got a furlough at FedEx, forgivable loans for Downtown businesses and a new micro loan program for those denied funding by the Small Business Administration. 

    By Mary Cashiola April 14, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, April 13: Tennessee up to 5,610 cases, 109 deaths

    The state reports 1,331 confirmed cases in Shelby County.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 08, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Inside the ICU, a proposal for rejoining society and WFH with pets

    It's Monday, April 13, and Shelby County Schools is promising to have a big announcement today about a new virtual learning platform. We've also got a local company whose business is lighting up the air and a diamond dealer finding new ways to make people shine. 

     

    By Mary Cashiola April 13, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    When and how will Memphis reopen? Answers are not pretty or clear cut

    Social distancing may last another eight weeks or more. And, even then, don't expect Memphis to reopen overnight.

    By Marc Perrusquia April 14, 2020
  • Exclusive Business

    Inside Baptist’s COVID-19 ICU: No visitors, IV stations in the halls and experimental treatments

    In this exclusive look inside Baptist’s COVID-19 units, leaders have reconfigured the hospital to meet the specific demands of the virus, found ways to preserve crucial resources for the surge, and are deploying groundbreaking treatments to save lives. 

    By Chris Herrington July 23, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Super agent Jimmy Sexton is still doing deals — from his back porch

    Jimmy Sexton and agents at CAA just negotiated contracts for 43 NFL players worth a total $611.5 million. How do you do that in the midst of pandemic? Well, you start by never leaving your home. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 15, 2020
  • Premium Business

    Four-legged co-workers make working from home an experience, good or bad

    Working at home with pets can be a blessing or a curse. Just remember, whatever you think, they might just think the same thing.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 13, 2020
  • Premium Arts & Culture

    A new director takes science-history museum ‘back to our roots’

    Within a week of the city order to close because of the coronavirus, lesson-hungry homebound families were able to access Museum To Go, a sampler of Pink Palace artifacts, activities and movies. Kevin Thompson mobilized his gloved-and-masked education team to make museum content available in record time.

    By Jill Johnson Piper April 13, 2020
  • Education

    Technical, community colleges adapt to distance learning

    Moore Tech looks at scheduling appointments for students to use equipment. Southwest builds on online learning programs developed prior to the pandemic.

    By Christin Yates April 13, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    From beginning to end, Memphis’ testing process has challenges

    The lightning speed at which the novel coronavirus moves and attacks has made testing, tracing, and targeting its path even more difficult and vital.

    By David Waters April 13, 2020
  • Germantown

    The Village at Germantown confirms 7 coronavirus cases

    The Village at Germantown has confirmed recent cases of the novel coronavirus in employees and residents. Facility requesting help of county health department.

    By Abigail Warren April 13, 2020
  • Business

    Rudi Scheidt, philanthropist and businessman, dies at 95

    Scheidt, a retired cotton industry executive who was the former chairman of Hohenberg Brothers, gave millions of dollars along with his wife, Honey Hohenberg Scheidt, to Memphis nonprofits and arts causes.

    By Abigail Warren April 13, 2020
  • Neighborhoods

    Easter church gatherings went viral for the most part

    The parking lots of 17 Memphis-area churches were mostly bare Easter morning as they adhered to social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic, but some found ways to engage their congregations nonetheless. 

    By Tom Bailey, Michael Waddell April 12, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus live blog, April 12: State reports 194 new cases, no additional deaths

    Shelby County Health Department reported 67 new novel coronavirus cases Sunday for a total of 1,216. The number tested is 12,843. Tennessee Department of Health reports 194 new cases for a total of 5,308. Nearly 66,830 have been tested statewide.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 14, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Alisa Haushalter: In the forefront of a pandemic storm

    Through criticism, long days and a need for calm in the face of a pandemic, Alisa Haushalter maintains her principles while trying to provide answers for an invisible enemy

    By Don Wade April 12, 2020
  • Public Safety

    LeBonheur doctor seeks answers to rising gun violence against children

    LeBonheur Children's Hospital and UTHSC are working to curb the number of firearm injuries involving children. The numbers are increasing locally and statewide. 

    By Yolanda Jones April 12, 2020
  • Premium Metro

    A man, a dog — and how they saved one another

    Mario Chiozza witnessed something horrible but it was later difficult to measure the good that came from it. 

    By Karen Pulfer Focht April 13, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Health Department: COVID-19 surge expected in late May or early June

    In Saturday's COVID-19 Task Force briefing, officials shared information regarding hospital preparedness for a surge, as well as insight into predicting when the surge will come.

    By Jared Boyd April 11, 2020
  • Health Care

    With COVID-19 tests out, number of cases uncertain

    According to data released by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland late Friday afternoon, 278 patients are in city hospitals — 85 of them in ICU — awaiting a final diagnosis.

    By Jane Roberts April 12, 2020

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