There are reports on Nextdoor of several shootings that happened in the area of Seventh and Greenlaw last night. A woman who posted said her house and the one next door were shot up while she was in the living room with her grandchildren. Y’all who live in Uptown be careful. That neighborhood has seen a lot of redevelopment in the past 20 years, but from what I hear on the police scanner and see on Nextdoor, that neighborhood can still be pretty wild after the sun goes down.
Sounds like some of those Blue CRUSH cameras need to be installed…
The Daily Memphian reported a list of restaurants that are going to do weekly pool testing of employees, to go that extra mile to ensure that diners remain safe from COVID-19. Downtown restaurants include
- 117 Prime
- Bishop
- Catherine & Mary’s
- Central BBQ
- Cocozza
- Felicia Suzanne Restaurant
- Gray Canary
- Majestic Grille
- McEwen’s
- Rendezvous
- Sunrise Memphis
One of my cigar smoking friends reports that the Tinder Box is back open on South Main.
Memphis hosts South Florida at 11 AM today at the Liberty Bowl. The game will be broadcast on the ESPN+ subscription service. Other notable games:
- #23 Michigan at #13 Indiana, FS1, 11 AM
- #8 Georgia at #5 Florida, CBS, 2:30 PM
- #1 Clemson at #4 Notre Dame, 6:30 PM, NBC
- Tennessee at Arkansas, 6:30 PM, SEC Network
The old poots at the corner table at Max’s are going to be up well past their bedtimes tonight watching those evening games. I doubt I will make it that far south today but I will be rooting for the Hogs and the Irish wherever I watch.
Fishbowl and The Lookout are open as Bass Pro at the Pyramid opens its restaurants top to bottom this week. Fishbowl is the former Uncle Buck’s with a new concept and management.
The Memphis Flyer reports that another brewery will open in Memphis. Hampline hopes to be open in the Broad & Tillman area by New Year’s.
From Local 24: Jake Schorr plans to keep his Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless alive at Westy’s this year, despite COVID. Guests won’t be able to dine inside this year because of social distancing.
COVID Act Now reports that the virus’s reproduction rate in Shelby County is back under 1, coming in at 0.99 this morning.
The Trumpster’s chief of staff has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Election update: As of this morning, Biden is leading the popular vote by more than 4 million. FiveThirtyEight reports that Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania is now over 28,000, with 90,000 mail-in ballots and 100,000 provisional ballots, expected to skew Democratic, left to be counted. There is speculation that Pennsylvania might be called for Biden this weekend, which would be ballgame, putting him over 270.
Here’s a link to the definition of narcissistic collapse. We all need to become familiar with this term, because we’re going to witness a very public one over the next two and a half months.
That’s it for now. Back tomorrow with more news.