From an ongoing budget battle to police reform and new voting machines, these are five critical votes by the Shelby County Commission in 2020 as chronicled in The Daily Memphian’s County Commission Scorecard.
The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older.
They’ll be able to get their shots during the same phase as Tennesseans ages 75 and above — and before those in the 65-74 age bracket.
According to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System, 93% of area ICU and area acute care beds were in use.
As the Shelby County Health Department’s Dr. Bruce Randolph said yesterday, if you’re not listed as open in the latest health directive, you should be closed.
Today, we’ve got olive the news, including a new international grocery store and a pipeline project under pressure, and we’re looking at what was good in 2020.
The two Republican U.S. senators representing Tennessee have not commented on the override of the Defense Authorization Act veto by Trump or the move to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person.
The Republican governor wants the newly elected 112th General Assembly to convene on Jan. 19 to look specifically at education challenges during the pandemic.
Resident David Hoal was 59 when he died on June 3, 2019.
Those qualified to receive vaccines are to register on app, bring badge or employee ID to test sites.
The number of COVID-positive patients in area hospital beds hits a new high for the pandemic.
Watch here live as Shelby County’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force takes on the latest with the virus and the vaccine.
Living to tell the tale of 2020, what a new class of elected officials did with their year, and Arlington is so over it.
The theater company based in Overton Square worked with Regional One to create “From the Frontlines of COVID-19,” a series that gives a virtual stage to some of the health care providers who are getting us through a crisis.
The Daily Memphian City Council Scorecard tracked 48 key council decisions in the current council’s first year in office. These are five significant decisions made that promise to have an impact on what happens in 2021.
Two drive-thru stations have a combined capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a week.
The 305 new cases come from almost 2,000 tests, giving the day a positivity rate of 15.6%.
While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which he was killed, the motive has remained elusive.
It’s the last Monday of the year, and we’ve got questions about the Nashville bombing, predictions for the legislative session and a few more miles to go.
Among other things, the CARES Act eliminated the 10% early withdrawal penalty for individuals under the age of 59½. But one-third of any money withdrawn will be included as income on taxes for each of the next three years
Memphis-area legislators say Medicaid expansion, school funding and criminal justice reform will be among the biggest issues that face when the General Assembly convenes Jan. 12.
Movie theaters are not mentioned in the most recent health directive, but Malco was told it would have to close. DeSoto County locations remain open.
Shelby County reported 1,395 cases between Saturday and Sunday. The report included data from two days as data reporting was delayed due to the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville.
Gov. Bill Lee declared Pfizer’s vaccine “safe” as Tennessee gave its first doses to health care workers while recording some of the nation’s highest rates of virus spread. The Republican governor reiterated that the shots will be optional for people in public schools.
The COVID-19 vaccines now becoming available offer the hope of curtailing the pandemic, but may not be available to the masses for months — and not all automatically trust that the vaccine will be safe.