An investigation into a sexual harassment complaint lodged against Joris Ray several months before he was named interim superintendent concluded there was “no evidence” of wrongdoing.
Phyllis Aluko is the first woman to lead the Shelby County Public Defender's Office in its 102-year history. She was sworn in Tuesday.
Shelby County School Board member Scott McCormick was arrested and charged with DUI after an accident in Downtown Memphis over the weekend. He was released from jail on a $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor charges.
Kwasi Corbin was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the slaying of 18-year-old Myneishia Johnson, a young mother gunned down as she celebrated her upcoming high school graduation in Downtown Memphis on a summer night in 2016.
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Robert Weiss has received a rare public reprimand for taking too long to issue rulings in two cases.
Shelby County has added a third grand jury in hopes of reducing the length of time defendants wait in jail while also whittling down the case backlog.
The trial begins this week for a man charged with killing a Booker T. Washington High School student days before she was set to graduate in 2016.
Former University of Memphis basketball player Andre Allen was arrested again on pot and gun charges. He will be in court April 1 on the charges.
Shelby County Drug Court held its 250th graduation ceremony Wednesday, with 16 people graduating from the alternative sentencing program for drug offenders.
Pandora Duckett, an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's wandered away from her home 55 days ago. Her family is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return home. As the population ages, families are turning to tracking devices and ID bracelets to help find their family members if they wander from home.
An off-duty Memphis police officer was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Raleigh early Thursday morning.
Tennessee officials have defended capital punishment, saying it brings justice to victims' families. But at a recent discussion at LeMoyne-Owen College, panelists with personal stories about death row said the system is broken.
An 11-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy and critically injuring the teen’s father.
A "Business Bonanza" at 201 Poplar Thursday gave youth offenders, ages 18-25, a chance to show off their entrepreneurial spirit as they plan for life beyond jail.
Shelby County plans to use pretrial risk assessment tools to help local judges decide on bail for nonviolent defendants.
Shelby County leaders say they are hopeful the final report on Juvenile Court racial bias will clear the path for substantive changes.
Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB surrenders to Shelby County Sheriff's Office after it issued a warrant for his arrest on drug, gun charges.
The Memphis police officer who shot and critically injured Martavious Banks in September has resigned, while two other officers and a lieutenant have received suspensions ranging from five to 20 days.
The former head of a Memphis nonprofit river conservation group has been indicted on charges involving $1 million in improper reimbursement payments made to the agency over a six-year period.
The state Supreme Court agreed to give the Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk's office 30 days to draft a policy on how it handles expungement filings after his staff failed to handle a case properly.
A federal judge has dismissed former Memphis police officer Connor Schilling from the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Darrius Stewart, meaning the trial slated to start later this month in the case will not move forward.
Robert Dozier, a former University of Memphis basketball player, will be in court Wednesday to face charges of domestic assault.
Just City's Court Watch wants to have 100 volunteers trained by the end of year to observe court proceedings, from arraignments to trials, at 201 Poplar.
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee Friday told attorneys for Sherra Wright and Billy Ray Turner not to sell Shelby County jurors short in requesting a jury from another county to hear the murder case against them in the death of Wright's ex-husband, Lorenzen Wright Jr.