The new policy launches July 1 and gives six weeks pay for county employees who have a baby or adopt.

Edmund Studdard was killed by two Shelby County sheriff's deputies in 2016.

A former Shelby County Jail inmate has filed a lawsuit against the company contracted by the county to provide medical care to detainees. It is the latest of a series of lawsuits against the company.

Shelby County commissioners want to send a message about following the sexual harassment policy, regardless of who is accused.

County Commissioners were told Wednesday that revenue shortfalls and funding requests have the upcoming fiscal 2021 budget projections out of balance.

The resolution gives Shelby County employees six weeks of leave at full pay for employees who have babies or adopt. It would take effect July 1, 2020.

Committee recommendations include an annual certification of residency for Shelby County employees.

The labor union official says the ordinance that allows some public safety workers to live outside the county is not "morally or fiscally responsible."

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

Amending the county's residency requirements for public safety workers is intended to help with hiring and retention. 

The controversial Quinn Ridge development near Collierville takes another stab at approval from the County Commission Monday. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris sees Frayser as a good place to start expanding educational opportunities for students.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will speak on the past year and upcoming plans in his second State of the County address.

Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter assures commissioners there is oversight of Wellpath.

If approved, an amended ordinance would let public safety workers live outside of Shelby County, but they would pay $2,500 in "residency compensation."

There are things the Shelby County can and can't do to raise $10 million for public transit.

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

If the proposed ordinance passes, it would eliminate the residency requirement for public safety employees hired between April 1, 2020, until April 1, 2024. 

The proposal could still pass on third reading.

Shelby County Commissioners wonder what to do with $2.5 million for MATA that has not been used.

Commissioner Tami Sawyers defends her opinion on law enforcement officers living where they work.

Participants at a Shelby County public transportation ad hoc committee examined a number of ways the county can find dedicated funding for MATA.

The Shelby County sheriff is suggesting a more specific residency requirement, with limits, than the one that failed on first reading Monday before the Shelby County Commission.

An ad hoc committee of the County Commission on residency for Shelby County workers is considering limited exceptions for sheriff's deputies and fire department personnel.

Shelby County Commissioners voted down on first reading Monday an ordinance that would let voters decide if county workers must live in the county.