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The warming center is open 24 hours on weekends, it's only open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays, doesn’t provide food and opens with too little notice.
People who are now homeless due financial hardship during the pandemic are hoping to get back on their feet ahead of the winter
Efforts to make the vaccine accessible to the homeless are a top priority for City of Memphis. Author: Caitlin McCarthy Updated: 10:31 PM CDT April 19, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The homeless are some of Memphis' most at risk to disease, especially Covid-19. Efforts to get them access to the vaccine are underway by the Shelby County Health Department, City of Memphis, and the Hospitality Hub. Mobile vaccine sites have also helped reach this vulnerable population. Constance Abbey is one local organization dedicated to helping the unhoused. LB Walker, the organi...
More “I never thought I'd be experiencing a blizzard on Beale street," Ky Mickles said. The fun would fizzle come Tuesday, the coldest morning in Memphis in more than 30 years. Memphis International Airport registered a temperature of three degrees. Wind chills dipped into negative digits. Plows pounded the streets trying to clear the busiest roadways on Tuesday before Mother Nature would strike again. "Praise the lord we don't need a lot of trucks very often, we just have to hunker down and bear it," Dennis Richards said. Ahead of round three, businesses and grocery stores closed early. "I...
The frigid temperatures can be a death sentence to those who do not have a place to stay.