State inspectors say 201 Poplar needs to be rebuilt or remodeled because the nearly 40-year-old facility is in bad shape. 

The corrections officer says in lawsuit against Shelby County that the corrections division is a sexually hostile environment for female officers.

Strickland's comments about the county government alternative to juvenile detention come after District Attorney Amy Weirich called attention to the problems during a taping last week of "Behind The Headlines."

“Less juveniles are being charged with criminal conduct in Shelby County. That’s a good thing,” District Attorney Amy Weirich said. “The disturbing part of this is that a higher percentage of the juveniles are engaged in violent crimes.”

Brandon Webber, the Frayser man shot and killed by a task force last summer, was shot multiple times including two fatal shots to his head, according to an autopsy report. 

Police and clergy met to discuss what they can do about gun violence and violent crime in Memphis and Shelby County. 

The Shelby County Crime Victims & Rape Crisis Center has launched a pilot teen grief program to help young people affected by homicides get counseling. 

Former employees and one ex-inmate allege in lawsuits that Wellpath LLC is not providing satisfactory care at Shelby County facilities.

Chauncy Black, the teen at the center of a fund-raising campaign, now faces voluntary a manslaughter charge in the death of his neighbor. A grand jury will decide if he will be indicted on the charge. 

Shelby County officials toured the old Shelby Training Center as a possible site for new juvenile detention facility.

Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart, the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling, has filed a new civil lawsuit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer. 

Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding. 

After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.

Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson is partnering with Republicans on a Medicaid expansion bill designed to provide coverage to 300,000 Tennesseans who don't have health insurance.

Memphis police and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, like other law enforcement agencies nationwide, are increasingly using sophisticated technology for surveillance. 

Three community legal groups will work together through the new 901 Legal Connect website to help low-income area residents with civil legal matters. 

Alice Marie Johnson, whose drug conviction was commuted by Trump, still seeks to get her probation dismissed. 

"I first met him in the interrogation room when I was arrested for accessory after the fact – first-degree murder,’’ Bridgett Stafford told investigators.

"Operation Safe Travel 2" MPD's latest initiative to handle interstate shootings, kicked off Tuesday. 

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discusses top issues he is facing in 2020. 

Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said during his annual State of the Court address Friday that the court does not "recruit children" and that transferring children to adult court is "the hardest thing I have to do.”

A highway shooting this week was the fourth of the year and continues a trend of 45 on Memphis roadways last year. 

The City of Memphis ended 2019 with 191 homicides — an increase of nearly 3% from the previous year, according to homicide data released by the Memphis Police Department.

The overall violent crime rate in Memphis dropped more than 8% in 2019 from the previous year. However, the number of homicides increased. 

Just City executive director Josh Spickler said on the WKNO program “Behind The Headlines” that Juvenile Court needs more resources for children in detention. But he said the question of which children and how many wind up in detention or tried as adults should take priority over the details of the bricks and mortar.