A Collierville photographer offers free porch portrait sessions to families of health care workers.

With revenues dropping off significantly due to the pandemic, minority business owners are hoping adding online services can help the bridge the gap until it ends. 

The Hernando DeSoto Bridge, Big River Crossing and landmarks across the United States are shining blue lights to stand in solidarity with health care workers. 

Germantown residents can sign up for a drive-by visit from the Easter rabbit.

Its move to accelerate claim payments to medical and behavioral care providers applies to UnitedHealthcare’s fully insured commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid businesses.

The immediate goal is to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But the elected leaders and health experts who are working toward that goal come from different experiences with different responsibilities beyond dealing with a pandemic. 

Officials confirmed for the first time Wednesday, April 8, that 32 city public safety employees, including 13 Memphis Police officers and 19 fire personnel, have tested positive for COVID-19. 

Predictive models are important and helpful, but can’t be taken as gospel, said Dr. Manoj Jain, the infectious disease expert and epidemiologist who is advising the local COVID-19 Task Force.

After serving 26 years as a Memphis Democrat in the Tennessee General Assembly, state Rep. John DeBerry is being removed from that party’s August 2020 primary ballot.

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.

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.

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, April 7, speed enforcement cameras in more than a dozen school zones and s-curves across the city.

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.