It’s time to celebrate Shelby County’s 200th birthday
Shelby County is set to celebrate its 200th birthday with fun and fireworks at a free event Sunday.
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Shelby County is set to celebrate its 200th birthday with fun and fireworks at a free event Sunday.
Residents of Soulsville in South Memphis will come together Saturday to welcome the holiday season with an event that includes music, hot cocoa and the lighting of a Christmas tree.
Convicted felon and former state senator John Ford has filed a petition to run for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, but state officials say a judge's order concerning his bribery conviction while in office bars him from running.
Pre-apprentice vo-tech program could expand to other local high schools if successful.
A month after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford told county elected officials that without more money she wouldn't manage their records, the County Commission did not approve funding to hire more archives workers.
The various Shelby County law enforcement agencies will oversee implementation of a new security camera program for the county, according to a resolution approved Monday by the County Commission to establish program guidelines.
A former EPA official told Shelby County commissioners Wednesday the county can fight pollution by investing in public transportation.
Shelby County officials have completed an investigation into where Anthony Alexander, corrections division director, lives and found he is in compliance with residency requirements.
A Shelby County Commission committee has agreed on the process of buying security cameras for all 13 commission districts.
The University of Memphis will receive $1 million from Shelby County government under a resolution approved by the County Commission Monday that does not include any mandates for when it will pay all university employees $15 an hour.
Northaven residents would pay about $27 a month if the county rolls out a garbage collection service in the area for the first time.
Shelby County will celebrate 200 years of history Nov. 24 at Shelby Farms.
A task force approved by the Shelby County Commission will look for ways to reverse the devaluation of property in Orange Mound.
Shelby County Commission is asking the Tennessee General Assembly to cap interest rates on title loan companies.
Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has informed county officials that she has run out of room and will stop storing records in 30 days.
Under ordinary circumstances, the fatal shooting in Fort Worth and the police residency issue in Memphis would have nothing in common. But these are not ordinary times where police and community relations are concerned.
The creation of the Orange Mound Initiative Task Force was approved Wednesday by a Shelby County Commission Committee. The task force is charged with addressing the devaluation of real estate in historic Orange Mound.
Shelby County officials wants everyone to stop Thursday at 10:17 a.m. to take part in the Great ShakeOut.
FedExForum is now home to West Tennessee’s first lactation pod, purchased in June by Shelby County and installed last week at the sports and entertainment venue.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley has asked the county attorney for an opinion on a plan for the county to get its "fair share" of the city's newly approved sales tax increase. Meanwhile, Commissioner Edmund Ford now has questions for Memphis city government.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council on Tuesday presented a discussion of the investor potential of Opportunity Zones and how federal tax law might benefit distressed neighborhoods.
The Shelby County Commission has approved on third and final reading an ordinance to grow the Uptown TIF district to include more communities in North Memphis.
Shelby County assessor of property Melvin Burgess said his offices has studied Orange Mound and wants to use the community as a model in the creation of a plan to stop the devaluation of homes on African American communities across Memphis.
Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Shelby County opened the county’s second veterans services office at Millington City Hall Monday. There are 55,000 veterans living in Shelby County, more than any other county in Tennessee.