We might be bored (or boarding) at home, but are we cruising toward normalcy? 

An act of Faith leads to a new vaccine location in Raleigh and we’re under a state of emergency due to the weather. But while we’re buried in snow, we might as well be “Buried by the Bernards.” 

We’re letting the good times roll — even if your car shouldn’t. We’ve also got the best kind of snowballs, vaccine locations closed and coaching prospects for the University of Memphis. 

Eight love stories and all the snow you could ever want, plus the first day of school is set, a coach retires and minor league baseball is getting major changes. 

Friends remember two young, bright lives we’ve lost, we’ve got the best of basketball, and the recent winter weather provided some unique opportunities. 

A young surgeon succumbs to a COVID-related illness, Memphis’ restaurant couples are heating things up and perhaps we’ve had enough of your 1994 ice storm horror stories, thank you very much. 

A chop shop was on the block, we’ve got a taste for local entrepreneurism and in otter news, we have otter news. 

The Memphis Police Department goes ‘Bowling’ for new officers, Ja Morant has returned to spectacular and another challenge arises for the Byhalia Connection. 

A pharmacy student sues over her free speech rights, volunteers talk about their work at the Pipkin and on Appling City Cove and they’re moving heaven and earth at Overton Park. 

A complex idea in East Memphis, a murder mystery near Shelby Farms and wide disparities in who is getting the vaccine — and who’s not. 

We’ve got more sites to get the coronavirus vaccine, but — despite pressure on Shelby County Schools to reopen — teachers won’t be moved up on the vaccination priority list. 

We’ve got early results on virtual learning, a little dose-see-do on how other places are providing vaccinations and an interesting liquor law in Arlington. 

Alleged Capitol rioters head to court, Ja Morant gives us a scare, and 2020 was a year even chocolate couldn’t fix.

The pandemic is taking its toll, Beale Street could be bookended and the surprising group of people who are reluctant to get a vaccine. 

We’re talking about depression, what’s the next play for schools at the state level and Memphis mailboxes being full of mashed potatoes. Just your typical Friday. 

We’re bowled over at our options on cold, winter days; the Snuff District is trying to avoid surface parking; and residents are questioning Collierville High’s in-person plan. 

Local schools may be put to the test by new CDC guidance, the city is launching an online portal for complaints against the police and Eloise at the Poplar Plaza? 

Frida’s owners say “I do” to another location, Ja could be big in Japan and Germantown studies a new park place. 

We’ve got Cummins and goings, the death of a local legend, and excitement in Orange Mound. 

We’re ready for a celebration: A long fight for $15 finally bears fruit, the Tigers win and our coronavirus reproductive rate is the lowest it’s been since the pandemic started.

The Grizzlies’ majority owner earns an incentive, Justin Timberlake and Stax students bring Memphis to the world, and we could be dancing in the streets (with members of our own families).

A light wind from a Bluff City business, new charges for a local politician and a Capitol rioter’s Memphis backstory.

PPP is back, the Grizz are five-in-a-row and why Memphis may be behind other counties in phasing in vaccinations. 

Shopping centers are out, a new QB is headed to Memphis, and the Health Department isn’t ruling out extending our latest ‘Safer at Home’ restrictions. 

Today’s edition includes lots of sun, fried chicken and some talking and walking in Memphis.