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  • Public Safety

    Sheriff’s Office investigating circumstances surrounding woman’s arrest

    The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating a video posted on social media over the weekend showing a Cordova woman being arrested while walking. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 30, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Calkins: Even in a pandemic, the high school lunch table endures

    There's no lunch table with classes canceled, unless a group of friends gather via technology to debate sports, dating and the winner of a fight between a gorilla and a bear.

    By Geoff Calkins March 30, 2020
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  • Coronavirus

    Memphis kindness blog, March 30: Generosity infects Starbucks

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

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 30: Gov. issues safer at home order; Strickland limits park access

    Gov. Bill Lee has ordered all nonessential businesses to close and Mayor Jim Strickland announces access to Memphis parks will be limited, starting Tuesday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: COVID cases more than double in a week; makers going to make

    It's Monday, March 30, and Virtual Chalkfest begins today. We've also got guardsmen in Gallatin, high schools looking at esports and a Downtown diamond hitting a milestone. 

    By Mary Cashiola March 30, 2020
  • Business

    Tinkerers unite, turn out face shields by the hundreds

    Midsouth Makers is scaled up to continue production for as long as it's needed, members say. Their only worry is that the supply chain for 3-D printer filament may break down.

    By Jane Roberts March 30, 2020
  • Shelby County

    With fallout from coronavirus looming, MATA funding unlikely

    As COVID-19 impacts tax revenues and creates other demands for Shelby County government, funding MATA will probably have to wait.

    By Linda A. Moore March 30, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    State intervenes at Gallatin nursing home where more than 90 test positive

    Nearly 60 nursing home residents and more than 30 staffers at a nursing home northeast of Nashville test positive for COVID-19.

    By Sam Stockard March 29, 2020
  • OPINION Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Coronavirus uncertainty suggests Memphis in ‘Maybe’

    Managing the coronavirus pandemic will be an uncertain process that takes more than a year to navigate. Are big public festivals compatible with this new reality? 

    By Chris Herrington March 30, 2020
  • Live Metro

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 29: Shelby County up to 379 cases

    The City of Memphis is now reporting 379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Shelby County.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 30, 2020
  • Metro

    All public jail visitations halted

    No visits are permitted at any Shelby County jail facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 29, 2020
  • Education

    For students stranded in dorms, world is quiet, smaller and anxious

    Dozens of students are hunkered down in deserted residence halls here, socializing the same way they are going to class – entirely online.

    By Jane Roberts March 29, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 28: Cases top 1,300 statewide; 2 deaths in Memphis metro area

    • Shelby County Health Department confirms a death; Mississippi Department of Health reports one
    • Businesses can apply for both available relief loans
    • Germantown lays off all part-time city employees
    • Jail visitations via video only

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 30, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Memphis kindness blog, March 28: Salvation Army, restaurants team to feed needy

    Folks across Shelby County are making the best of challenging times with generosity and kindness.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2020
  • Business

    Is golf allowed? The answer in Shelby County is ‘maybe’

    Some local golf courses are open but imposing social-distancing precautions. 

    By Tom Bailey April 01, 2020
  • Financial Services

    What to know about COVID-19 SBA disaster lending

    Local professionals give advice for small businesses hurt by coronavirus plague and steps businesses can take to get needed capital.

    By Christin Yates March 28, 2020
  • Business

    Mayor threatens to close parks if restrictions ignored

    Abuses of social-distancing restrictions at city parks could force the city to close them.

    By Tom Bailey March 28, 2020
  • Food

    Big hearts make sure no one is hungry in tough times

    A crisis brings out the good in Memphians, from restaurateurs to anonymous donors to business owners and nonprofit organizations.

    By Jennifer Biggs April 02, 2020
  • Premium Elections

    Election Commission to hold special meeting Wednesday on new voting machines

    Shelby County Election Commissioners will meet electronically Wednesday, April 1, to discuss a new voting system for county elections.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2020
  • Health Care

    First totals for local COVID testing show a qualified 10% positivity rate

    The number of 2,218 tested in Shelby County comes with no details unlike state numbers that reveal testing by types of labs and age ranges. And because it's a total over a period of time in which the response and other measure to the virus have changed, it is still difficult to tell what the number means.

    By Bill Dries, Jane Roberts March 28, 2020
  • Analysis State Government

    Party’s over: Governing gets tougher overnight for Lee

    Gov. Bill Lee's second year in office morphs into crisis mode, forcing him to make decisions on the fly, many of which he is reversing in a matter of days to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Sam Stockard March 30, 2020
  • Public Safety

    More than 200 inmates released over COVID-19 concerns, DA says

    More than 200 inmates have been released from the county jail and several cases dismissed in an effort to reduce the jail population amid fears over COVID-19.

    By Yolanda Jones March 27, 2020
  • State Government

    Governor outlines technology for quick test turnaround

    Tennessee could sidestep a days-long lag time for COVID-19 through new testing equipment expected to be introduced during the coming week, enabling results to be shown in an hour or less.

    By Sam Stockard March 27, 2020
  • State Government

    Lee defends stopping short of statewide stay-at-home order

    Lee commented as he moved the state's daily briefing on the pandemic to Memphis and met with local leaders. State officials announced the death toll from the virus in the state has now risen to six.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Calkins: In a time of pandemic, can construction paper save us all?

    Across-the-street neighbors Melinda Henson and Laura Allen realized they weren't seeing as much of each other as they should. So they took it upon themselves to connect as only two elementary school teachers could. In the process, they taught a lesson to us all.

    By Geoff Calkins March 28, 2020

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