JONESBORO — After doctors diagnosed 137 coronavirus cases in one day this week among Craighead County residents, officials at both NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital and St. Bernards Medical Center are reminding residents of the urgency of the situation.
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Governor declares emergency, calls special session
JONESBORO — After reporting the second-highest single-day number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday declared a new public health emergency.
Commission’s vote signals ongoing rift with Election Commission on how to cast ballots
by James Coleman — A resolution to purchase ballot marking devices failed to gain approval from the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, with a majority opting for hand-marked paper ballots. Commissioners made the decision during their Monday meeting. The add-on commission agenda item requested that the county’s purchasing department assist with procuring voting machines and
‘Tale of Two Cities’ discussion spotlights impact of sudden disruptions on MWBE businesses
In Philadelphia, about 67 percent of the city’s minority enterprises were not “technology ready” when COVID-19 disrupted business as usual, said Della Clark, president and CEO of The Enterprise Center, a minority business development agency there. Clark, a 28-year minority enterprise expert, spoke during the annual Economic Development Forum (EDF) hosted by the Memphis Minority
Sounding the alarm: COVID incompetence putting state’s children, educators in harm’s way
by Curtis Weathers — Just when you think things couldn’t get any worst, this happens! Last week, amid pressure from Republican lawmakers, the Tennessee Department of Health fired Dr. Michelle Fiscus, medical director for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization programs. The firing came as a total surprise and without cause or explanation. Dr. Fiscus responded with
Looking back at the teacher odyssey caused by COVID-19
by Angela Sargent — About noon March 13, 2020, the announcement came over the public address system: “Teachers, please prepare students for dismissal. School will be closing early.” Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine what was in store for education, as I knew it, after that day. Students and teachers, not only of
Wanted: Black male teachers; your services are desperately needed!
by Curtis Weathers — This time of the year, school systems and their principals are busy interviewing and hiring new teachers, filling vacancies caused by the pandemic, and just the normal attrition process that naturally occurs at the end of an academic school year. But the search for good black male teachers has been a
Heartache of a dark winter: How COVID killed my sister
by Renee Burose-Squires — I was prepared for COVID-19. Sometimes I think I was overprepared and knew too much about coronavirus. I watched the news incessantly (perhaps it was the former broadcast journalist and news junkie in me). I paid close attention to the United States’ and world’s death toll displayed on television network news
Heartache of a dark winter: How COVID killed my sister
by Renee Burose-Squires — I was prepared for COVID-19. Sometimes I think I was overprepared and knew too much about coronavirus. I watched the news incessantly (perhaps it was the former broadcast journalist and news junkie in me). I paid close attention to the United States’ and world’s death toll displayed on television network news
Monumental Baptist grows forward after transition and pandemic
For more than five decades, the historic Monumental Baptist Church was synonymous with its larger-than-life, civil rights giant and the Memphis pastor who stood on the balcony as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut down by an assassin’s bullet. Th Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles retired from the pulpit in October 2015. He died in