Thousands of Mid-Southerners visiting the Gulf Coast on fall break have decisions to make about heading back home or riding out Hurricane Michael, which will make landfall in the Florida Panhandle within hours as a life-threatening Category 4 storm.

Shelby County government historically has played no role in Memphis Area Transit Authority funding, but with a new County Commission and mayor, that may be about to change.

A Shelby County Commission committee recommended approving a resolution to rescind former Mayor Mark Luttrell’s second letter to end Department of Justice oversight of Juvenile Court Wednesday, but not all committee members agreed.

The work for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ transition team began weeks before he celebrated his election night victory Aug. 2.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has appointed former Memphis City Council member Harold Collins to serve as administrator and executive director of the Shelby County Office of Re-Entry, according to a news release Tuesday.

The Shelby County Commission will vote on several of Mayor Lee Harris’ initial proposals for his administration at its meeting Monday.

Three of the four voting systems certified by the state of Tennessee for use in elections would enable voters to get a printed copy of their choices and then complete the voting process by running that printed copy through a scanner.

Dennis Wolf, Lakeland’s future fire chief, expects the suburb’s new fire department will begin answering calls in July, 2019, becoming the last government entity in Shelby County to operate its own fire service. Wolf, former fire chief in Germantown, provided insight on the new department for officials and residents at a Lakeland Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, Sept.18.

Chris McLean, currently the chief administrative officer of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, will serve as chief financial officer of Shelby County government beginning Jan. 15, 2019, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announced on Friday.

At the end of Wednesday’s committee meeting, Turner sponsored a resolution that would reverse Luttrell’s second request to end DOJ oversight of Juvenile Court. Commissioner Brandon Morrison asked to defer the resolution to have more time to study the letter, which Turner granted. The commission will revisit the resolution at its next committee meeting Oct. 3.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is making a change in who runs the county’s memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Justice Department for changes in Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court.

As a new chapter in Shelby County government is being written, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and the County Commission have an opportunity to improve the strained relationship between the two branches of government.

Siblings were truant at a Shelby County school last year because they had to share a uniform.