Dr. Sabya Mishra, associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, will serve as the center’s director.

Of the 401 patients in ICUs, 126 are COVID-positive and another 26 are under investigation for the virus; meaning that about 38% of patients are COVID-positive or under investigation for the virus.

Critics of TVA contend the Friday meeting is “highly improper.” MLGW says the meeting is part of due diligence on the way to a final version of the report that will play a large role in determining whether the city-owned utility stays with or leaves TVA. 

It’s Friday, July 17, and early voting starts today. We also talk to parents and CEOs and basketball coaches about how the pandemic is affecting their lives.

The three Memphis business leaders all acknowledged that some aspects of COVID-19 life will continue indefinitely.

The CEOs of Regional One Health, Baptist Memorial Health Care, and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare talk on "Behind The Headlines" about their contingency plans for the surge in COVID-19 cases locally and the numbers they look at to activate surge plans.

Here are the basics you need to know in order to vote early and make sure your ballot has all of the races it is supposed to have, including district races.

More than 13,000 Shelby Countians had requested absentee ballots through Wednesday.

Chalkbeat Tennessee, a nonprofit news organization focused on education, is hosting two candidate forums for the Shelby County Schools board from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, July 16, and from 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, July 20. 

At least two employees in the clerk’s office and Juvenile Court protective services test positive for coronavirus.

Homicides and aggravated assaults are up for the first half of the year in Memphis and Shelby County. Property crimes are down; officials said more people at home during the pandemic equates to fewer burglaries. 

Next year’s festival is slated for Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.

University of Memphis economist John Gnuschke said it will take years, not months, for Memphis to recover from devastating job losses caused by COVID-19.

Parents who depended on a world where children had places to go and things to do were left to figure out how to teach school-age kids and occupy preschoolers. In many cases, they also had to work while doing those things.

Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips reminded voters that Friday is the first day of early voting and that safety measures will be in place.

A free, reservation-only version of the Elvis Week Candlelight Vigil will feature social distancing and smaller crowds.

Lawsuits allege no connection between bars and the spread of COVID-19 has been established and that their closings were arbitrary.

Ninety percent of regional ICU and 92% of acute care beds are in use. 

It's Thursday, July 16, and there's a virtual SCS School Board candidate forum and a new grocery delivery service.

Our scorecard tracks what could a close final vote to come on the ban the box ordinance after it was amended. We also detail the three budget amendments that got through before the commission approved a hiring freeze.

The case pits school districts in Memphis and Nashville against the state over whether Tennessee allocates enough money for K-12 education, especially for its urban students.

Tennessee leaders are weighing the prospects for a special session to consider a COVID-19 liability immunity bill and several other issues in early August.

The only countywide general election race on the Aug. 6 ballot pits a former City Council member against a former Probate Court clerk for a complex but often forgotten office. Early voting starts Friday, July 17.

The pandemic is now layered onto the everyday statistics of depression and suicide, which counselor Grace McLaren called a dangerous brew.

Home sales and construction activity were among the brightest spots in economic activity in the Federal Reserve District that includes Memphis.