BancorpSouth records $46 million provision for loan losses as COVID-19 increases loan volume under CARES Act.

Coach Penny Hardaway presents his submission to the All-In Challenge. 

Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday, April 20, 2020, businesses in 89 counties will be able to resume work when a “safer at home” order ends April 30, but Shelby and other large counties will set their own reopening strategies.

The first two COVID outbreaks at nursing homes in Shelby County have now taken eight lives – four each as confirmed cases of the virus have spread to a total of nine assisted living facilities countywide.

COVID-related protests in Tennessee and nationally are drawing mixed reviews from lawmakers with some calling them "troublesome" and "irresponsible" while others saying they are encouraging.

FedEx Office, the Dallas-based printing and office services retail outlet of FedEx Corp., is furloughing some employees because of business slowdown during COVID-19 pandemic.

Shelby County has 1,807 reported coronavirus cases, as of Monday, April, 20. That comes from a total of 19,195 coronavirus tests administered in the county.

It's Monday, April 20, and we've got a County Commission budget presentation and a COVID-19 hackathon happening. Plus, turnover with the Tigers, a "Safer at Home" protest and a possible restaurant reopening recommendation. 

Bill Lee announced the order for Tennesseans to remain at home will expire April 30, with most businesses in 89 counties, allowed to re-open on May 1. He said he spoke with mayors from the state’s largest urban areas, and noted they will be providing their own outlines for opening.

Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

If Memphis hopes to use data that monitors social distancing compliance, it may have to first come to grips with its long history of political oppression, including intrusive surveillance of activists and ethnic minorities.

Tennessee’s Republican leaders are gung ho about Gov. Bill Lee’s plans to reboot the economy in May, but Democrats say they're worried about a COVID-19 surge that could set back the state's efforts and hurt the economy even more.

The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.

These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you. 

Will demand for space in office buildings go up or down as a result of COVID-19? How does a company balance teamwork and social distancing in designing its floor plan? We picked the brains of several leaders in the world of Memphis office buildings.

A small group gathered outside City Hall Sunday afternoon to protest COVID-19 restrictions, mirroring state and national unrest over forced limitations.

The county announced Lakeside Behavioral Health has three staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Ramsey, who pushed his white Baptist congregations to desegregate in the 1960s, spent his last few decades serving as a counselor, teacher and minister in five other denominations. 

When you start a company that does odd jobs, sometimes you get an odder one than you expected: Two Broke Bartenders can now claim to be cockatoo couriers.

The Heights CDC has established a COVID-19 Response Fund to help neighborhood residents, while also delaying a $6 million project for new park and greenspace on National Street.

Inmates at the Shelby County Correctional Center are helping with a new project to sew masks that will be given away to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.

In lieu of advertising services, some local businesses are using billboards to inform and inspire Memphians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After confirming 1,616 cases on Friday morning, the Shelby County Health Department reported an increase of 115 cases on Saturday.

The health department report points to a total of 115 new cases since confirming 1,616 cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning. 

Those who survive moderately severe and severe cases of the virus may face aftereffects such as reduced vitality, shortness of breath, lung infections and decreased mental capacity, among other problems.