The incomplete Shelby County Health Department analysis shows two-thirds of the confirmed COVID cases with detailed information were among African Americans and more than 70% of the deaths examined were among African Americans.
Memphians are getting shaggier as part of life under coronavirus isolation. So, our columnist ventured into Calkins Clip Club for a trim by a teenager with a pair of shears.
With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.
Except for seven administrators and security officers, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has placed its entire staff on temporary furlough because of COVID-19.
Former City Council member Florence Leffler died this week, ending a life as an educator, actress and politician and sometimes a blend of all three.
State Sen. Raumesh Akbari will serve on a panel overseeing spending billions of dollars in federal funds coming to Tennessee as part of the COVID-19 crisis response.
Shelby Farms Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on April 12 in an effort to limit crowds during one of its busiest days. Visitors can still enter the park on foot or by bicycle.
It's Wednesday, April 8, and with all the predictions and estimates, we're on a ride we call The Corona Coaster. Plus, a Prine number, a new cleaning service and a new use for the Spaghetti Warehouse.
Shelby County has had deaths in 2.25% of coronavirus cases, compared to 1.61% in the rest of the state and 0.84% in Nashville’s Davidson County. Does this suggest that racial disparities are spiking higher rates locally? For now we can only guess.
Landmarks across the United States – including the Hernando DeSoto Bridge and Big River Crossing – are shining blue lights to stand in solidarity with health care workers and honor them.
There have been 449 hospitalizations statewide and 592 people have recovered from the disease.
Germantown's finance commission will review the 2020-21 budget later in the summer. For now, the commission recommends aldermen adopt resolution continue under the current budget.
Slingshot Memphis' Knowledge Brief outlines specific needs for each of its community partners, in the wake of the global pandemic.
Gov. Bill Lee pushed a federal paycheck protection program Tuesday, April 7, for small businesses as well as relief for independent contractors who can qualify for unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing to reverse or clarify his stance the previous day.
“The goal isn’t so much to expand the volume of testing but the equity of testing, both demographically and geographically,” said Jenny Bartlett-Prescott, chief operating officer of Church Health who is leading the task force’s testing subgroup.
A Tennessee Registry of Election Finance member is raising questions about the validity of an email vote the board took amid the COVID-19 pandemic when it approved a settlement for civil penalties against state Rep. Joe Towns of Memphis.
The Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee is set to vote Wednesday on whether remove Memphis state Rep. John DeBerry from the August primary ballot after a Memphis woman challenged his bonafide Democratic status.
Mayor Jim Strickland plans to keep his April 21 date to present his budget proposal for the new fiscal year to the city council as his administration evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 virus on sales tax revenues that finance some of the city's biggest construction projects.
The city's chief operating officer says the model assumes 100% compliance, and that is "not realistic." Meanwhile, racial demographics are missing from local data on the virus as some are concerned areas historically underserved by health care may need more attention in the city's response to the virus.
Memphis-based auto parts retailer has added emergency time off benefit for employees, temporarily suspended share buybacks and restructured borrowing capabilities.
Local health officials believe ramped-up testing is vital for lessening the current wave of coronavirus and the next one.
Memphis-based pest control company Terminix Commercial says a new business cleaning service, Disinfectix Site Disinfecting Service, is an extension of cleanups it has done for years after pest clean-outs.
To report businesses that should be closed or gatherings for more than 10, call the Shelby County Mayor’s Action Center at (901) 222-2300.
During a conference call with reporters Tuesday, Cohen said a fourth aid package of federal funding will likely deal with more funding for unemployment compensation and forgivable loans to small businesses instead of infrastructure money.
American Civil Liberties Union official says more information is needed from the Shelby County Jail as well as other detention facilities and prisons across Tennessee to not only protect inmates’ health from COVID-19 but that of the larger public too.