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  • Shelby County

    Commission overrides Harris veto of county ethics advisory panel

    The veto override by the commission is the latest chapter in an ongoing dispute between County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2021
  • Shelby County

    County Commission delays action on mask mandate, funding

    The delays to the Aug. 23 commission meeting followed a rancorous debate among commissioners and between commissioners and anti-maskers who taunted one commissioner online before Monday’s session.

    By Bill Dries August 10, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    SCS returns to school amid COVID surge

    For the first time since March 2020, all Shelby County Schools students were expected to return to in-person classes amid rising COVID-19 cases. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 09, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Mask mandate starts in schools, applies to everyone indoors

    Students who do not comply and do not qualify for an exemption are to be sent home.

    By Jane Roberts August 09, 2021
  • Shelby County

    County commission takes up mask mandate

    The commission is the latest body to take up a call for a countywide mask mandate that would come from the Shelby County Health Department. The health department amended its latest health directive Friday to require all K-12 students in all schools – public and private – across the county to wear masks as the school year begins. Also on Monday’s agenda is a veto override.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Judge in Pervis Payne case tells state to finish evaluation or hire new expert

    “If you don’t have time to do it, I’m sorry. I need someone else who can do it,” Judge Paula Skahan tells psychologist.

    By Yolanda Jones August 06, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Former assistant D.A. among nine indicted after year-long probe

    The TBI began an investigation into the improper use of confidential information by someone in the district attorney’s office. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Renovated Bartlett High creates excitement for the suburb

    The last major construction project at the school was more than 40 years ago.

    By Omer Yusuf August 05, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    SCS celebrates opening of new Medical District High School

    The specialized school will offer students the opportunity to earn an associate degree. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Delta now accounts for 98% of skyrocketing COVID cases

    Of the 4,383 active cases in Shelby County, more than a quarter are in children, and those children are suffering more respiratory symptoms than they were earlier in the pandemic. 

    By Jane Roberts August 06, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Latest Ford-Harris clash could be over proposal for ‘special counsel’

    The attorney advising the Shelby County Commission would be separate from the county attorney’s office under a proposal on which the commission is expected to take its first vote Monday. 

    By Bill Dries August 04, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Coronavirus: Shelby County averaging 447 new cases per day

    Shelby County is now 60% of the way to the goal of vaccinating 700,000 residents against COVID-19.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 04, 2021
  • Education

    Here’s what transportation will look like for SCS’ return to school Monday

    As Shelby County Schools students gear up for in-person school Monday, Aug. 9, the district is revving up a new fleet of buses. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 03, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Lifeline to Success leader appointed acting head of county re-entry program

    DeAndre Brown has been tapped to be the acting head of the county’s re-entry program. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 03, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Harris considering weekly COVID testing for some county employees

    The Shelby County mayor says a survey of county employees found that 70% had already been vaccinated.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2021
  • Update Elections

    Tami Sawyer will not seek second term on County Commission

    County Commissioner Tami Sawyer announced Monday she will not seek a second term in the 2022 county elections. Her decision means six new faces on the commission in the next election.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2021
  • City of Memphis

    Consolidation talk returns 11 years after last voters nixed last effort

    The first step would be a commission to draft a charter for a combined city of Memphis and Shelby County government covering Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County but not the six suburban towns and cities. 

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Commissioner warns ethics advisory group might clash with Ford probe

    The County Commission will soon have a panel of five to advise on ethics. One commissioner warns it could be seen as conflicting with the ongoing special prosecutor’s investigation into a 2019 grant proposed by Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Election Commission chairman says County Commission not cooperating on voting machines

    Brent Taylor says the County Commission decision to take its own bids on a new voting system “effectively bypasses” the Election Commission and “doesn’t indicate a willingness to work cooperatively.”

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2021
  • Shelby County

    County Commission keeps tax rate at $3.45, Brooks is new chairman

    The commission also delayed the second of three votes on the Byhalia Connection Pipeline ordinance after it was amended.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2021
  • Update Elections

    New voting machines rejected as County Commission moves to rebid

    Shelby County commissioners Monday voted down a new touch-screen voting system that includes a paper trail and moved to cut the Election Commission out of the process by taking new bids on a system that primarily uses hand-marked paper ballots.

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021
  • Business

    Commissioners approve Taylor as health director, Mitchell-Sims for judicial vacancy

    Shelby County commissioners chose Dr. Michelle Taylor as the new head of the county’s Health Department Monday, and they picked Judicial Commissioner Danielle Mitchell-Sims to fill a General Sessions judge vacancy. 

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021
  • Shelby County

    County Commission returns from five-week break

    Monday’s commission agenda includes confirming a health director whose nomination is in trouble, possibly reopening the contentious question of a property tax hike, a long-delayed decision on a voting system for the county, and appointing a new judge.

    By Bill Dries July 26, 2021
  • Elections

    Morgan appoints treasurer in possible 2022 bid for county mayor

    Morgan is in his second term on the City Council, which has a limit of two consecutive terms. Contenders for county offices in the May Democratic and Republican primaries can’t begin pulling petitions to get on the ballot until Dec. 20.

    By Bill Dries July 22, 2021
  • Update Shelby County

    Health Department panel recommended Harris pass on Taylor as new director

    The nomination of Dr. Michelle Taylor as the new Shelby County Health Department director drew fire Wednesday, July 21, with distribution of a May memo to Mayor Lee Harris that said a search panel recommended not picking Taylor and continuing the search.

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2021

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