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HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out a season-high 12 in seven sparkling innings, Yordan Alvarez hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night. There was no trouble between the teams one night after beanballs led to a bench-clearing scuffle. Houston bench coach Joe Espada filled in […]

As you may have heard we are cheering on WREG’S Jim Jaggers this morning as he kicks off his annual ride to help Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Jim and his fellow cyclists will spend the next few days collecting donations all across the Mid-South and they need your help to raise money as well. To […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Health officials said they have now begun vaccinating people as young as 12 years old in Shelby County. In an update Thursday, officials said the first pre-teen was vaccinated early Thursday morning, just hours after the state of Tennessee gave the go-ahead. The move allows 50,000 additional people in Shelby County the opportunity to get […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Researchers at the UT Health Sciences Center say after genetic sequencing done with a special team here in Memphis they believe the potentially more deadly, more transmissible variant has been detected here. A doctor told WREG-TV while they’re confident they detected the strain, they’re still waiting for the official confirmation from the […]

The Astros, who have reached the AL championship series in each of the last three years, will play Monday against either the A’s or the White Sox.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, — Le Bonheur Children’s hospital pediatrician in chief says he does not think it’s safe to go back to contact sports like football right now.  Dr. John McCullers says we have high levels of community transmission, meaning there’s no good answer to returning to school.  “We know that if kids go back to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An local health expert says Memphis is not experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, but the city will need to maintain social distancing and good hygiene practices to prevent one. As some states see declining COVID-19 cases and slowly reopen, Memphis has recently seen a small increase. “We attribute it to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Medical experts are debating whether the coronavirus can enter our bodies through our eyes. A medical news contributor believes he got coronavirus through his eyes while on an airplane. He says the rest of his face was covered. “We are gonna start wearing shields. That will cover you from here down. I […]

Another phase in Shelby County’s reopening process may be on the horizon next week and while some are ready to roll, others aren’t so sure the region is ready.

Mother’s Day will have to be celebrated a little differently this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Shelby County businesses enter phase one of reopening, the number of cases in the county continues to increase.