Claims on social media that Molly’s La Casita is closed and for sale are wrong. It’s temporarily closed but will reopen when it’s not ‘crazy out there,’ owner says.

From Dec. 26, 2020 to Jan. 9, 2021, the Health Department reported an average of 601 cases and 3,870 test results a day yielding a 15.5% positivity rate.

The 552 coronavirus cases reported Saturday came from 4,752 test results, yielding a 11.6% positivity rate. The health department also announced that all vaccine appointments for January have been filled.

The Daily Memphian’s City Council Scorecard opens the new year with two council decisions — one on a familiar issue in council discussions. The other is a close vote on a lower speed limit.

As of Wednesday, 40% of Tennessee’s 95 counties had moved into the priority group that includes teachers. Those areas have smaller populations and fewer health care workers to inoculate after years of rural hospital closures.

Charter school eyes state tournament after missing opportunity in 2020. 

Jonas Valanciunas left before halftime for “health and safety protocols”; sources say it was not a positive COVID-19 test. 

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A veteran Memphis real estate broker says he believes Tesla is coming to Memphis soon. The broker represented the seller in a transaction this week involving the former — and now vacant — Homer Skelton Wolfchase Hyundai dealership property at 3020 N. Germantown Parkway.

Appointments may be made online, now. People without internet access may call 901-222-SHOT to schedule an appointment beginning Monday at 8 a.m.

A developer seeks to change a planned development to build a 22,490-square-foot commercial center at the northeast corner of Hacks Cross and Sedgwick Way in Southwind.

Former local Democratic party Chairman Corey Strong, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, says the Georgia model of bringing activists and organizers into the state party machinery will take time — probably six to 10 years to take Tennessee from red to purple.

Mike Miller’s Mustangs will face two nationally ranked teams next week in Washington, D.C.

The $8.6 billion waiver must be approved by the Tennessee General Assembly and sets a cap on TennCare funding with the state keeping a share of any savings if its spending comes in below the cap. 

“I never thought that the trappings of congressional power or Trump’s dominating and vindictive personality would turn the principled guy I’ve known and liked for years into a political lapdog.”

A property owner has applied for a planned development called Brookhaven Townhomes at 786 E. Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis. The three-story units, each 2,300 square feet, will be sold instead of leased, and each will have a two-car garage and rooftop deck.

When you add all the industrial space leased during 2020 and subtract the new vacancies, the Memphis area experienced a net positive absorption of more than 12 million square feet. The vacancy rate fell to 5%, and 12 million square feet of more space is under construction.

U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant issued a statement Friday saying the Department of Justice and the FBI would pursue charges against Mid-Southerners who participated in rioting at the U.S. Capitol.

Crown World this week followed through with its plans for Memphis after receiving a tax incentive in December. The firm has bought the long-empty office building at 2990 Airways and will establish operations there.

The searches included the homes of former Republican House Speaker Glen Casada and state Rep. Robin Smith.

Portal will not reduce demand for the shot or scarcity of supply, but is expected to eliminate long lines, disappointment.

More than 1,000 Shelby Countians are now reported to have died from the novel coronavirus.

The tension between the Memphis leader and state officials illustrates the differences in how Tennesseans are responding to school safety concerns related to the virus. 

The NFL has granted $200,000 to Just City as part of the league’s social justice initiative. The money is important – but so is the message the money sends.

Jan. 7, 2021: Cavaliers 94, Grizzlies 90

The Cavaliers took advantage of Grizzlies miscues to win a close game between two depleted teams Thursday night.

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