Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris unveiled a plan Wednesday to put $10 million in county funds into MATA through a new $145 sustainability fee for households with three or more vehicles.

With seven years on the Shelby County Commission, newly elected chairman Mark Billingsley believes the current commission is willing to collaborate for the good of the county.

Shelby County officials don’t dispute Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s statement about the small percentage of county contracts that go to minority-owned and women-owned businesses in comparison to the city of Memphis.

On Aug. 25, five people in Shelby County died from a suspected drug overdose, the largest number of people to die since the health department began tracking opioid deaths in 2018.

After public concern that toxic algae may have led to the deaths of two dogs who died shortly after swimming at Shelby Farms Park, park officials say veterinarians have ruled heat stroke as the cause of both deaths.

An ordinance that puts the minimum pay for Shelby County workers at $15 an hour was passed by the County Commission on final reading Monday, along with a resolution that asks Shelby County Schools to conduct a salary study for the people they employ at under $15 an hour.

Shelby County government can't require contracted security company Clarion Security to pay its employees a $15 an hour minimum, but it can in the future ask how much companies pay their workers before they're hired.

The local Republican party will win elections again, the chairman of the Shelby County GOP vowed Friday at the party’s annual Lincoln Day Gala.

The Achieve the Dream event this weekend is an opportunity for potential homebuyers to get pre-approved for low-interest loans with no down payments and no closing costs.

The County Commission’s budget and finance committee Wednesday put off until its next meeting a vote on a resolution to award a $50,000 grant to an existing rugby program on the site of Vance Middle School.

Shelby County Commission committees Wednesday sent several measures to the full commission meeting without a recommendation, including a request for a study on school district workers who do not make $15 an hour.

Shelby County Commission committees will consider Wednesday legislation to pay county employees $15 an hour. Commissioners also will consider measures giving a $50,000 grant for a rugby field and rescinding a resolution that amended how county properties are named.

Shelby County officials got a preview of the Shelby County Youth Advocacy Center, a pilot project aimed at helping young people avoid the juvenile justice system while addressing their mental health needs.

Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery will host a town hall meeting on Saturday for the residents of Commission District 8.

Shelby County Commissioner Mark Billingsley was named chairman of the commission for the upcoming term, which begins Sept. 1. The commission also revised rules for naming buildings and other locations.

The recently opened Shelby County Government Employee Care Clinic will see county employees at no cost to them. And because it's operated by Cigna, there's also no cost to county taxpayers.

The Shelby County Commission approved $1.6 million for SkyCops cameras to help with crime prevention in all 13 commission districts, but the details will take time to work out.

Shelby County Schools is not included in a proposed county ordinance to pay workers $15 an hour.

The renovation at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, 201 Poplar Avenue, will take at least 10 years to complete but will upgrade everything.

A new Shelby County Youth Council will give the county's young people a voice and a place in the decision-making process.

Bill Morris signed his autobiography and told stories at an event hosted by current county Mayor Lee Harris.

In Shelby County, 27 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported, none of them fatal.

While a forensic audit requested by Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn when she took office last year found "no malfeasance," the report cited a need to implement stricter internal controls. 

Harris vetoed the allocation at the urging of local labor unions and worker advocates, because more than 330 U of M employees make less than $15 an hour.

With no positive cases of the West Nile virus in humans this summer, officials with the Shelby County Health Department believe their efforts to slow its transmission are paying off.