The slowly rising tide of local confirmed COVID-19 cases and related deaths can get lost in the uneven ebb and flow of daily numbers.

The expansion is the first allotment of nearly $50 million in federal CARES Act funding for Shelby County government and goes to the Shelby County Commission approval. County Mayor Lee Harris already has a plan for the rest of the money outside of the health department.

At a price tag of about $1 million, the program marks the first major statewide investment in addressing learning loss due to the public health emergency.

The stabilization of Shelby County’s COVID-19 new case rate, along with increased testing and the steadily declining positivity rate, are among factors officials are considering when deciding whether Memphis and Shelby County should expand the reopening plan in the coming weeks.

Weekly trash collection services for Northaven residents could begin as early as July 1.

Board members also approved a $65 million capital improvement budget — more than double the $25 million that the county mayor has proposed for school building needs.

Vehicle admission will be limited per screen and guests must purchase a carload ticket in advance.

Free course when the nation is missing baseball also serves as way to introduce public to online learning at U of M.

It's Wednesday, May 13, and we're talking about back-to-school blues, absentee voting and who can do it, and how we provide to pets in a pandemic. 

Thirteen Shelby County residents are among the recipients of National Merit Scholarships.

State leaders say they plan to use federal CARES Act money to keep from "extinguishing" the state’s $1.2 billion unemployment insurance trust fund.

Germantown Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request by SCS that would allow a 22,000 square-foot addition at Germantown Elementary School. Board members cited concerns with potential enrollment increases and traffic concerns.

Local elected leaders and health experts differed on the first phase of reopening the Memphis economy. But some mayors say they remain unified as they approach the reopening's second phase.

Fred Davis was an early advocate of black-owned business growth even before the city had a majority African American population. He was also on the city council during the 1968 sanitation workers strike.

Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday a stronger supply of personal protective equipment could allow him to change a decision requiring the state Department of Health to share information about COVID-positive patients with law enforcement to help first responders.

Gov. Bill Lee and state Election Coordinator Mark Goins say fear of catching COVID-19 does not qualify as a reason to vote by mail as the state faces two legal challenges of its absentee ballot rules.

The Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office received about $11 million in federal funding to hire more officers to fight violent crime.

A final lawsuit over the grave site of the Confederate General, slave trader and Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard was dropped this week and legal filings toward moving the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife should be filed in Chancery Court soon.

Community service hours completed by St. Mary’s Community Fund students open new opportunities for a lifetime of service.

The Graceland-related proposal to build a light-manufacturing plant amid Whitehaven residences should be rejected, the Office of Planning & Development recommends.

Cohen said Congress being in session is the kind of gathering that experts on the coronavirus urge the public to avoid. 

Shelby County reported 3,421 coronavirus cases, 72 deaths and 1,959 recoveries as of Tuesday, according to the health department. The total of tests reported is 43,906 or 4.7% of Shelby County’s population.

Gov. Bill Lee extended continuation of a previous executive order to boost social distancing efforts. It maintains extended deadlines for motor vehicles and handgun permits and encourages working from home. 

It's both International Nurses Day and National Limerick Day, and a former U of M basketball star returns to graduate, a new brewery is feeling hop-ful, and the Tennessee Air National Guard has a surprise in store.

Shelby County Health Department study models to predict COVID-19, where virus reproduction rate is the significant factor. Right now that number in the medium range, but rising in surrounding counties.