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  • Public Safety

    Coronavirus raises concerns about domestic violence, experts say

    Advocates and experts say isolation caused by coronavirus raises concerns about an increase in domestic violence incidents. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 27, 2020
  • Metro

    Mining the mundane: How local investigators track COVID around Shelby County

    Lloyd Kimble, a 55-year-old Navy veteran, is a detective of an entirely different sort, one most people never think about.

    By Marc Perrusquia March 29, 2020
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    Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event

    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.

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  • Metro

    Politics Podcast: Unusual times episode #2

    More votes for Trump and Biden and Sanders, the April 2nd filing deadline, no COVID testing numbers and who we are after the unemployment spike.

    By Bill Dries March 27, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: How long should we expect to shelter in place? Plus, a new symptom of the virus

    It's Friday, March 27, and we're talking about grocery store challenges, a record number of layoffs and how vulnerable Memphis is to the effects of COVID-19. 

    By Mary Cashiola March 27, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Memphis kindness blog, March 27: Spring has sprung

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

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 31, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 27: ‘Social nature’ of parks threatens access to them

    The city could close parks if social distancing is not maintained. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 30, 2020
  • Special Report City of Memphis

    A mission in Memphis and beyond: Locals create unified front to fight virus

    “We’re building an airplane in the air and doing it on a stopwatch. We’ve got a minute to build it.” 

    By Tom Bailey March 27, 2020
  • Special Report Transportation & Logistics

    No shortage of food, but grocers limited by rationing of paper products, bread

    Memphis-area groceries say there’s no shortage of food products, but paper products is another story.

    By Wayne Risher March 27, 2020
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Inside look at FedEx’s special operation to speed COVID-19 testing

    FedEx responded quickly when federal agencies asked for expedited movement of coronavirus test specimens from remote testing sites to labs. The network launched Saturday, March 21.

    By Wayne Risher March 27, 2020
  • Metro

    Farmers Market postpones opening

    The team hopes to open May 9 and is exploring ways to get sell vendors' products in the interim. 

    By Jennifer Biggs March 27, 2020
  • Coronavirus

    Transmission rates set off new level of distancing urgency

    Study shows city's financial vulnerability could speed transmission, making it more difficult to recover.

    By Jane Roberts March 27, 2020
  • Premium Elections

    August ballot comes into focus ahead of Thursday deadline

    Despite COVID-19 restrictions, the Election Commission remains open to issue and take petitions from contenders on the Aug. 6 ballot of state and federal primaries and nonpartisan school board races.

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2020
  • State Government

    Governor: State working with Vanderbilt on COVID-19 projections

    Gov. Bill Lee is seeking help from Vanderbilt University Medical Center on a “unique” model to project the COVID-19 spread in Tennessee that will enable the state to determine its effect on hospital capacity and personal protective equipment as well as the next hot spots.

    By Sam Stockard March 26, 2020
  • Metro

    With coronavirus surge expected, local leaders withhold key data

    Local health and government leaders refuse to say how many people have been tested, how many coronavirus patients are currently in the hospital or how many test kits are available locally.

    By Ronnie Ramos March 26, 2020
  • City of Memphis

    Council vote narrows on minority business question

    The online vote changed the City Council’s method of debating items and rounding up votes. But the issue remains a constant in council deliberations whether in person or online.

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2020
  • Shelby County

    Health dept. head: COVID-19 testing ‘sufficient,’ with full numbers in a week

    Alisa Haushalter and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked about existing issues of health care coverage and the impact of no long-term expansion of Medicaid in Tennessee during an appearance on "Behind The Headlines."

    By Bill Dries March 26, 2020
  • Public Safety

    Department cites ‘personal travel’ for MPD director’s self-isolation

    Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings has been out of the office on "personal time" off and no one will confirm if he went on trip to Ghana with the Memphis in May delegation. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 28, 2020
  • Business

    Unemployment crisis: State jobless numbers jump, 4,355 claims in greater Memphis

    The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.

    By Sam Stockard, Omer Yusuf March 28, 2020
  • Metro

    State offers cash to families hit by coronavirus

    To be eligible, families must have been employed as of March 11, 2020 but have since then lost employment or at least 50% of their earned income due to the COVID-19 emergency.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 26, 2020
  • Metro

    Germantown cancels commission meetings

    Planning, Finance and Board of Mayor and Aldermen meetings are the only city meetings continuing at this time. 

    By Abigail Warren March 26, 2020
  • The Early Word

    The Early Word: Tracking the testing, BYOZoom, and a juice co. presses on

    It's Thursday, March 26, and the Get Live Virtual Music Festival kicks off today. Plus, two historic Downtown buildings are getting a renovation, one doctor tells us how it is and we're using Zoom to see our friends. 

    By Mary Cashiola March 26, 2020
  • Live Coronavirus

    Memphis kindness blog, March 26: Kids are encouraged, folks get food baskets and popcorn

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

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 30, 2020
  • Live Coronavirus

    Coronavirus daily blog, March 26: Strickland warns of possible reduction in services

    "There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 17, 2020
  • Business

    Health officials reaffirm stay-at-home orders to ‘starve virus of new hosts’

    Statewide, nearly half of those who have contracted the disease (386, or 47%) are between the ages of 21-40.

    By Jane Roberts March 26, 2020
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Back to business by Easter? Memphis leaders likely to follow science, not rhetoric

    There are no good answers now. Only bad choices and worse ones. But evidence suggests that going hard on social-distancing is the best long-term bet for both public health and the economy. 

    By Chris Herrington March 26, 2020

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