The Tennessee Department of Health reports 2,001 cases in Shelby County.

It's Friday, April 24, and we're talking about the various plans to reopen Tennessee's economy — and how a few local doctors feel about that. We've also got Grizz games returning, a senator who left the state, and a tour business turning away from tourists to focus on locals. 

Methodist is participating in a study the Food and Drug Administration is conducting with Mayo Clinic, giving COVID-19 patients serum from those who have recovered from the disease.

Effort to assist St. Vincent de Paul food ministry is connected to the school’s Institute for Citizenship program. 

The infectious diseases expert advising the local COVID-19 task force says on "Behind The Headlines" that a ramp up in testing should extend to more work between public health agencies and private health care corporations on contact tracing.

The Shelby County Election Commission delayed a decision Thursday on a new voting system. The commission will hold an in-person meeting sometime next week. The commission also certified the ballot for the Aug. 6 elections in Shelby County.

Gov. Bill Lee announced plans Thursday, April 23, for restaurants and retail establishments in rural and suburban counties to start opening next week on a limited basis using social distancing guidelines. A “safer at home” order in Memphis remains in effect at least until May 5.

Head coach Ryan Silverfield remains thankful for his health, the health of his players and a healthy program during coronavirus pandemic. 

Plans for a new high school, possibly in Frayser, could receive initial funds under county Mayor Lee Harris' 2020-21 fiscal year proposal. But other approvals are needed for the project to move forward.

The medical experts tasked with helping to plan the city's reopening know taming the virus will require risk assessment and management they've never attempted. They also know they can't afford to be wrong.

Eclectic Eye owner Robbie Johnson Weinberg is using writing and Facebook to share her emotional vulnerability amid pandemic concerns. 

A House Democratic leader's call for the governor to waive weekly unemployment certification for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans is drawing skepticism from the state's Labor and Workforce Development commissioner.

For the fifth consecutive day Shelby County reported 50 or fewer new cases, but the number of reported additional tests has also decreased for four straight days. 

Amity Schuyler will work for a school system that opposes the Education Savings Account program she hustled to launch.

Instead of staying at home during the COVID-19 crisis, state Sen. Katrina Robinson went to work — inside a New York hospital. 

Mayor Lee Harris recommended maintaining the $427 million the county allocated this year for the operating budgets for all seven of Shelby County’s school systems. 

What Chris Herrington saw and learned in his exclusive tour of Baptist’s COVID fighting efforts.

It's Thursday, April 23, and a popular Grizzlies coach is headed home, Downtown is working to keep its restaurants open, and a new blight initiative includes lots of leafy greens. 

The campus developed a free test, and put it in play at Tiger Lane; now it's adding ‘cub’ sites to the mix.

Dr. Scott Morris describes how Church Health has responded to the coronavirus crisis.

Community Legal Center and Memphis Area Legal Services are receiving "panicked calls from people who have been furloughed or fired and who lack money to feed their children and keep a roof over their heads."

Assessor Melvin Burgess needs the authorization of the state to move forward with initiatives to ease the tax burden for home and business owners impacted by the coronavirus.

Neighborhood Preservation Inc., is celebrating Earth Day with a pledge to plant trees in vacant lots across Memphis.

Tennessee leaders are trying to figure out how to spend $3.6 billion in federal COVID-19 funds, about half of which has arrived in the state as officials remain worried about tax revenue shortfalls and their impact on state and local budgets. 

In the past week, coronavirus cases in Shelby County increased by 25% — a 14% decrease from the previous week.