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    County officials told to ‘invite Halbert’ to hiring, funding talks

    A group of countywide office holders was frustrated when the Shelby County Commission again delayed a vote on changes to hiring and funding they wanted. They were told that County Clerk Wanda Halbert needed to be included in the discussions.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2025
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    County Commission approves MSCS forensic audit

    The resolution approved Monday, Feb. 10, calls for $50,000 in funding for the audit from the County Commission’s contingency fund.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2025
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    County Commission to vote on MSCS audit

    The commission also votes Monday on a set of three resolutions buying four more parcels on land on the new site for a rebuilt Regional One Health campus.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2025
  • Behind The Headlines

    Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?

    Shelby County Commissioners Mickell Lowery and Britney Thornton talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the political boundary between the commission and the MSCS board.

    By Bill Dries February 08, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died

    Two Shelby County Jail inmates died on Thursday and Friday, bringing the total to four this week.

    By Aarron Fleming February 09, 2025
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    Shelby County Commission considers MSCS audit

    The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will vote on the resolution at its Monday, Feb. 10, meeting, authorizing $50,000 from the commission’s contingency fund to pay for the audit.

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2025
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    Some Shelby County mayor contenders make first steps

    As the end of Lee Harris’ tenure as Shelby County mayor nears, potential successors start laying the groundwork for their campaigns. 

    By Bill Dries February 03, 2025
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    Lowery proposes commission have ‘direct role’ in MSCS spending

    Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery said on “Behind The Headlines” that he would like to see the commission have line-item control of MSCS spending.

    By Bill Dries January 31, 2025
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    Regional One’s Union Avenue plan happened at breakneck speed

    A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.

    By Jane Roberts January 31, 2025
  • Health Care

    School district, Health Department team up to battle exploding HIV rate

    A new agreement will allow Shelby County Health Department to provide screenings, treatment, preventative care and education to public middle and high school students, whose HIV infection rates are rising at an alarming rate. 

    By Aisling Mäki January 29, 2025
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    Mayor Harris says new Regional One plans still include hope for state funding

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked of the new hospital site as a connection of the Medical District to Downtown, where there is now a lot of vacant land and blight.

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    County mayor in Nashville working on alternatives to MSCS takeover bill

    By Bill Dries January 29, 2025
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    City auto-fee hike not collected for seven months, leaves $7M pothole

    The city’s vehicle-registration fee was supposed to double — from $30 to $60 — as of July 1. But the Shelby County Clerk’s office has not implemented the change. 

    By Samuel Hardiman January 29, 2025
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    County mayor in Nashville working on alternatives to MSCS takeover bill

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was in Nashville on Monday trying to talk lawmakers out of a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. He says there are some alternatives being discussed.

    By Bill Dries January 28, 2025
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    County plans to fill General Sessions judicial vacancy by March 1

    The County Commission should have a replacement for retiring General Sessions Court Judge Bill Anderson by his March 1 retirement.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2025
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    Former CA building to be site of Regional One

    There is a new plan for the construction of a new Regional One Health hospital at a site on Union near South Lauderdale.

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    County plans to fill General Sessions judicial vacancy by March 1

    By Bill Dries January 29, 2025
  • Shelby County

    County Commission sets schedule to appoint new judge

    At its Monday, Jan. 27, meeting, the Shelby County Commission set the process for filling the vacancy that comes with the March retirement of General Sessions Court Judge Bill Anderson. Also a test of the commission’s new budget subcommittee process.

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Republicans elect new party chairman

    Worth Morgan and Naser Fazlullah vied in a hard-fought contest. The county GOP convention in Bartlett drew more than 400 people. 

    By Bill Dries January 26, 2025
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    What the county revenue forecast could mean for your property taxes

    Real estate values in the recently completed countywide property reappraisal are up about 27% compared to in 2021.

    By Bill Dries January 25, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Veteran’s Court changing hands

    The Shelby County Veteran’s Court will have a new leader for the first time in 12 years following the recent retirement announcement of Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson.

    By Aarron Fleming January 23, 2025
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    Mulroy addresses ouster attempt, bail concerns at Collierville Rotary meeting

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy defended himself against the state’s ouster attempt and shared a limerick with the Collierville Rotary Club.

    By Abigail Warren January 21, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Health Department to make opioid-overdose supplies more available

    The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years. 

    By Aisling Mäki January 21, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots person

    The shooting is still under investigation, according to the TBI. 

    By Aarron Fleming January 23, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Attorney files appeal in dismissal of case to oust Halbert

    Robert Meyers, who is representing the county in the ouster petition, filed the appeal Friday, Jan. 17. The timetable for when the appeal will be heard is uncertain, but Meyers asked that the case be expedited.

    By Jody Callahan January 18, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Commission starting budget season early

    The early start to county budget hearings is an attempt to resolve some of the friction between county elected officials and the Mayor Lee Harris’ office.

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2025
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    County Commission OKs no-confidence vote in MSCS board

    The no-confidence resolution, aimed at board members who voted to fire Marie Feagins, also includes a “governance plan” to improve the school board’s relationship with the superintendent. The commission voted not to hold up funding for a new Frayser high school.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2025

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