FedEx responded quickly when federal agencies asked for expedited movement of coronavirus test specimens from remote testing sites to labs. The network launched Saturday, March 21.

The team hopes to open May 9 and is exploring ways to get sell vendors' products in the interim. 

Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Election Commission remains open to issue and take petitions from contenders on the Aug. 6 ballot of state and federal primaries and nonpartisan school board races.

Gov. Bill Lee is seeking help from Vanderbilt University Medical Center on a “unique” model to project the COVID-19 spread in Tennessee that will enable the state to determine its effect on hospital capacity and personal protective equipment as well as the next hot spots.

Local health and government leaders refuse to say how many people have been tested, how many coronavirus patients are currently in the hospital or how many test kits are available locally.

The online vote changed the City Council’s method of debating items and rounding up votes. But the issue remains a constant in council deliberations whether in person or online.

Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked about existing issues of health care coverage and the impact of no long-term expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee during an appearance on "Behind The Headlines."

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings has been out of the office on "personal time" off and no one will confirm if he went on trip to Ghana with the Memphis in May delegation. 

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.

To be eligible, families must have been employed as of March 11, 2020 but have since then lost employment or at least 50% of their earned income due to the COVID-19 emergency.

Planning, Finance and Board of Mayor and Aldermen meetings are the only city meetings continuing at this time. 

It's Thursday, March 26, and the Get Live Virtual Music Festival kicks off today. Plus, two historic Downtown buildings are getting a renovation, one doctor tells us how it is and we're using Zoom to see our friends. 

Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.

"There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.

Statewide, nearly half of those who have contracted the disease (386, or 47%) are between the ages of 21-40.

There are no good answers now. Only bad choices and worse ones. But evidence suggests that going hard on social-distancing is the best long-term bet for both public health and the economy. 

It’s difficult for a woman to find space at a homeless shelter in Memphis. It’s nearly impossible for her to find shelter with her teenage son, even under normal circumstances. Efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus have caused nearly all of the city’s homeless shelters to close, partially or entirely.

The Tennessee Supreme Court extended the suspension of all court cases until April 30 and has ordered judges and law enforcement to work together on a plan to get vulnerable inmates released from jail. 

As COVID-19 cases escalate, Gov. Bill Lee reminded Tennesseans Wednesday he is negotiating with the federal government for Medicaid funding to cover uninsured residents who contract the virus.

The problem is a state requirement that labs and other health care providers must report total testing and positive results to the state but only positive results to county health officials. The Daily Memphian found Baptist Memorial Health Care appears to be doing most of the testing in Shelby County. But some health providers refused to release numbers.

American Job Center locations in Shelby, Fayette, Lauderdale and Tipton Counties closed after the state ordered the closures to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Michael Halliburton, a former history and German teacher at Collierville High School who tried to kill his wife in 2012, has been denied parole for a second time. 

An emergency petition filed with the Tennessee Supreme Court seeks the release of numbers of inmates from local jails and prisons as COVID-19 outbreaks begin to appear across the state.

The free fares will help MATA to reinforce social distancing, with passengers boarding through the rear doors, limiting their contact with vehicle operators. However, passengers who need assistance will be able to use the front door and ramp.