Publisher: Daily Memphian


Years before Winter Jones died on a bus, another child died at a center owned by Raven Marshall-Lewis

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On July 14, 2021, an employee at the Ivy League Learning Center in Bartlett laid 3-month-old Colt Adkins on his stomach for “tummy time,” an early childhood practice meant to help strengthen a child’s neck and back muscles.


Harris’ final days highlight a mayor focused on transition, legacy and what comes next

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The transition from election night to taking office as Shelby County mayor takes less than a month — not much time to take the reins of an entity with a $1.6 billion consolidated budget.


First Horizon Foundation donates $5M for new UTHSC project

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The University of Tennessee Health Sciences is getting a jump-start on its new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building.


UTHSC to break ground on new College of Medicine building in October

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UTHSC officials announced Friday they are scheduled to break ground on a new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building on Oct. 8.


Surgical oncologist Dr. Martin Fleming takes after his father. And his son takes after him.

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In the mid-1950s, Irvin and Anne Fleming had a big engagement party, with a Press-Scimitar reporter present to write about it for the newspaper’s society page. But as Anne walked down the stairs and leaned on the staircase’s railing, her arm broke and she tumbled to the floor.


UTHSC reports vindicate controversial professor, but departed faculty disagree

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center released two reports last week that largely vindicated Pamela Lewis-Kipkulei, a controversial professor in the school’s occupational therapy department.


Former UTHSC chair sues school to get job back

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The former chair of the occupational therapy department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center filed a federal lawsuit Friday, Aug. 7, against the school over her departure earlier this year, arguing that she never intended to resign and that she wants her job back.


With $4M investment, UTHSC and others expand community health hubs

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A community health hub model led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and others is expanding statewide, thanks in part to a $4 million donation from United Health Foundation.