Community development corporations in Memphis are having to adjust strategies on the fly to continue serving the communities they serve in often economically distressed areas. 

Waffle Mania is giving out free breakfast to students and their families March 30 until April 3. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, co-franchisees of the North Memphis restaurant say it's doing well.  

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

Tomorrow when someone takes my temperature and hands me a mask and a paper bag, I’ll remember that everybody I’m about to see is also adjusting to new realities.

The first units at the renovated Renaissance at Steele on Baskin Street were set to be available this month. The timeline for the project has been altered due to rain and COVID-19.

Members of a Downtown Memphis Commission board used a teleconference to keep their social distance and to approve a $30,000 grant to bring the healthy food business to Peabody Place. 

Experts and others share their ideas for dealing with the emotional, financial and health-related stresses of the stay-at-home emergency order.

YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

The organization administered tests to 50 patients, after pooling together resources from throughout its citywide clinics, as test supplies are still in global scarcity.

Pursuit of God Church and KIPP Memphis Elementary Prep held food drives Friday afternoon and served more than 350 families in North and South Memphis during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Construction is expected to start on Oaks Edge in three to four months now that the Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board has approved a tax incentive for the senior-living development in East Memphis.

The founder of the charter school company operating Frayser's ASD School, MLK Prep, and County Commissioner Michael Whaley talked about the Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new high school in Frayser on "Behind The Headlines."

State Rep. Antonio Parkinson is seeking more state funding for unemployment benefits and food stamps to help the working poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Land Use Control Board approves a proposed 81-lot subdivision in Raleigh near the new Amazon Fulfillment Center, and a transitional home on Jackson Avenue.

Construction on renovations for Rodney Baber Park and Kennedy Park are expected to begin this fall. 

Mississippi River cruise season opens Sunday, March 15, one week after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Memphis. Cruise operators are taking steps to deal with the crisis.

The current director of programs and outreach will take over in May at the Binghampton nonprofit that serves youths in a variety of capacities. 

Pursuit of God Church recently moved into its new home at 3759 N. Watkins St., formerly the site of Bellevue Baptist's Frayser campus. 

A new Frayser high school could determine the fate of two longtime neighborhood schools, while also rebuilding the neighborhood's optimism. 

Mid-South dogs and their owners seize the opportunity to celebrate and socialize during Saturday's pet parade and costume contest at Overton Park.

The property is near the intersection of Wesley Drive, close to Methodist South Hospital.

Local planners will consider applications for a new cemetery in Raleigh and a new funeral home in South Memphis next month.  

Among the new applications to the planning board is a request to develop six, $400,000 condos about a block southeast of FedExForum.

The reputation of a Downtown office tower and its landlord received a boost from a federal court recommendation.

Memphis is expected to be among port cities getting more visitors after Norway-based Viking launches Mississippi River cruises in 2022.