Commissioners Mickell Lowery and Tami Sawyer proposed the resolution because they believe criminalizing low-level marijuana offenses has significantly contributed the county’s jail population of more than 2,300.
Memphis CrimeStoppers announces $26,000 reward for information leading to arrest in the shooting death of Memphis financial executive Glenn Cofield.
Memphis police arrest more than 300, seize 77 guns and drugs during two sting operations.
Gov. Bill Lee is in Memphis Tuesday into Wednesday morning for a series of stops, including signing the bill that eliminates the state fee to expunge criminal records.
Technical difficulties with the video visitation system at 201 Poplar are preventing inmates from receiving visitors. Officials hope the problem is fixed by the end of the week.
Elvis Presley Enterprises leaders met with Whitehaven residents Monday to ask them to support EPE in its dispute with the city of Memphis over funding for expansion plans at Graceland.
Rep. Jim Coley calls for major changes in Speaker's office, including elimination of bill "kill lists" and opportunities for all members to speak on the floor.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander will receive the President Award from the Tennessee Bar Association Friday, June 14, in honor of his decades of public service to Tennessee.
The People’s Convention over the weekend offered indications that different points of view remain on how to blend protest with conventional political involvement.
The Pink Palace Museum is seeking your Tiger basketball T-shirts for an upcoming exhibit.
Student mental health is one of 12 priorities identified in the state education department’s proposed five-year strategic plan.
Coming from 34 states, 115 recent college graduates and career changers arrive in Memphis this week to begin a six-week training to impact the education of Memphis' most disadvantaged students.
Shelby County Schools students spoke candidly this week on what they want and need from teachers.
The County Commission has about three weeks to amend the budget if it wants to approve it in time for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
The convention at the Paradise Entertainment Center in South Memphis Saturday drew no city council incumbents before a group of 600 to the nightclub, with about 200 participating in the process that stretched over six hours.
Local politicians, friends and family gathered Saturday at St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville to say goodbye to Roy C. Nixon, the lawman and civic leader who served as Shelby County's first mayor.
The Saturday gathering in South Memphis will include endorsements in the October Memphis elections. But its organizers hope the platform will be just as strong as the appeals from different candidates.
Technical difficulties with visitation system at 201 Poplar causes the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to stop all jail visits for at least a week until the issue is resolved.
The County Commission's budget committee discussed potential next steps in the budget process when it reconvened Wednesday morning.
Roy Nixon began his career as a lawman with Memphis police and later went into politics becoming Shelby County first mayor under a new form of government where he built relationships with other city leaders.
Rev. Ayanna Watkins says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast the group is working on its own and within the political process toward change that is part evolution and part disruption.
The new initiative is a strategic plan to increase student enrollment.
Rev. Ayanna Watkins, executive director and lead organizer of MICAH (Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope) talks about the organization's work on equity in a city election year.
Germantown residents who experienced flood damage due to heavy rain overnight are asked to call (901) 757-7200.
The “Wear Orange” anti-gun violence rally will be held at Orange Mound Community Center because of rainy weather.