Janice Ballard follows her faith in God and public health onto the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Across Tennessee, 400 new cases were confirmed the past 24 hours.

The state is planning to challenge a court ruling requiring expanded absentee voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and could be violating a chancellor's order to immediately send applications to any voter who requests one.

Bobby White says oversight of police by the police director isn't enough, no matter how good or well-intentioned the director is. 

Apologies are necessary. Especially now. But it's what happens after the apology that matters. A story of two Memphis ministers and one simple request. 

The curfew, renewed on a daily basis by executive order, has been in effect since Monday.

The leader of the consulting team that drafted a plan for MLGW potentially getting power from providers other than TVA said even the “worst outcome” in the report shows savings for MLGW. 

Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher program is out for the 2020-21 school year that begins this fall.

EDGE has approved $304,000 in NEED grants for 54 businesses, many of them minority and women-owned enterprises.

With these new figures, the area’s positivity rate stays at 6.8%.

It's Friday, June 5, and the courts have dealt the state two blows with the last two days; the first coronavirus patient treated with an experimental drug is released; and the Rendezvous is returning — with lunch. 

Patricia Myles, 49, was breathing on her own after being treated with the experimental drug, remdesivir. She was discharged from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, 21 days after the intravenous therapy started.

No protest was planned for the evening of Thursday, June 4, 2020, but one occurred anyway after a civil disobedience class at the National Civil Rights Museum. The Daily Memphian followed events with photos, videos and stories. 

The judge ruled in favor of two groups, including Memphis and Nashville residents who said their health could be jeopardized if they were forced to vote in person.

FedEx Logistics, Medline have distributed 900,000 face masks to hospitals in Central America and Caribbean, and more are on the way.

The dean of clinical affairs at UTHSC says the local pandemic is "under reasonable control" and a week of protests gathering hundreds of Memphians together was important enough to risk what might lead to a rise in confirmed cases.

The driver is the fifth MATA employee and third bus driver to test positive for COVID-19.

A Davidson County chancellor in early May ruled the voucher program unconstitutional, saying the Legislature forced the program on Shelby and Metro Nashville without local approval.

Epidemiology chief David Sweat said the "vast majority" of deaths are patients age 55 and older.

Gov. Bill Lee’s plan eliminates $58 million proposed for teacher pay increases and includes $50 million for an employee buyout program.

It's Thursday, June 4, and a Shelby County Schools vote on new laptops and tablets has been delayed, the Grizz are almost ready to play again, and residents of a Binghampton apartment are concerned their garden party is coming to an end. 

Shelby County commissioners got within $11 million of rebuilding County Mayor Lee Harris’s consolidated county budget proposal before calling it a day and leaving the rest for a Monday commission meeting.

The new measure gives business owners 24 weeks to spend the federal aid — instead of eight as originally designed — and extends the program through the end of the year while also lengthening the maturity date and deferral period of the loans.

School board chairwoman Miska Clay-Bibbs said with so many questions about electronic devices for students, it's not yet time to vote on the purchase.

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