An organization dedicated to increasing the number of Black marathoners participating in long-distance races plans to be here for the 2021 St. Jude Memphis Marathon.
COVID-19 relief, a $1.4 trillion catchall spending package, and defense policy — and a final burst of judicial nominees — dominate a truncated two- or three-week session occurring as the coronavirus pandemic rockets out of control in President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office.
The club announced Wednesday on social media they would close effective immediately until Dec. 17 “due to the recent circumstances surrounding Saturday’s event.”
The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Tennessee has increased by more than 1,000 in the last month, according to data from the state health department.
Starting at sunset, a dynamic light show will occur the first 10 minutes of each half-hour, followed by 20 minutes of red, white and black static lights for victims. The lights will alternate until 10:30 p.m., then remain static until sunrise.
SCHD reported 549 new cases Wednesday but no new deaths. More than 42,000 Shelby Countians have tested positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic and 672 have died.
College basketball returns to the Bluff City Tuesday night with the Memphis Tiger Women hosting Little Rock at the newly renovated Elma Roane Fieldhouse on the campus.
The state’s largest hospital said it has a total of 700 beds and 765 patients. In the Intensive Care Unit, Woodward all 92 beds are full, 65 of which are COVID-19 patients.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee political legend who forged a productive path as a Senate institutionalist after tours as governor and Cabinet secretary, said goodbye to the chamber on Wednesday.
Ross Bernards and his friends ended up with the monolith all to themselves for about an hour and took nighttime photos until some other visitors came walking up.
