More than 30 people attended Wednesday's County Commission committee meeting to speak out against a proposed gravel pit. 

The Shelby County results in the special primary elections for state Sen. District 32 are certified and dates for early voting in the special general election are set.

With eight new commissioners and a new mayor, Shelby County government is changing the way it approaches education moving forward. 

A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries gives a primer on the first election day of 2019.

The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to allocate $1.3 million to begin designing a new Youth Justice and Education Center to replace the current juvenile detention facility.

Shelby County commissioners will select an interim school board member next month, and interested candidates can apply as of Tuesday. The appointee will fill the seat Teresa Jones vacated following her recent appointment as a municipal court judge.

The Shelby County Commission is expected to appoint a new county historian at its Feb. 11 meeting. 

The rhetoric of the city's four elected representatives in Washington reflected their parties. But one voted with the other side on the last vote before President Trump announced Friday the end of the federal government shutdown.

A second vote on Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris' proposal for a new Juvenile Justice and Education Center is expected to take place at the next Shelby County Commission meeting Monday. 

A Memphis mechanical contractors association has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $500,000 in compensatory damages from Shelby County, claiming reverse discrimination.

The Memphis Branch NAACP called Thursday for the Shelby County Commission to approve funding to begin planning and design of a new juvenile detention center. The leader of the civil rights organization is a former county commissioner who clashed with the court in the past over some of the issues giving current commissioners pause.

More than 400 Shelby County deputies and jailers will have to retake psychological testing after officials learned the psychologist who did earlier testing had not been licensed by the state for 18 years.

Union Row developers are a step closer to a $50 million loan for a 2,200-space parking garage following a County Commission committee recommendation Wednesday. 

A new juvenile justice facility has been a top priority for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris. 

About 200 Shelby County sheriff's deputies are having to retake their psych exams because the Memphis psychologist who tested them in 2013 and 2014 has not been licensed in the state since 2001. 

The early voter turnout between Shelby and Tipton Counties for Thursday's special primary election for state Senate District 32 is closer than usual in the district that crosses county lines.

A new utility assistance program, "Keep the Lights on," is now available to help those struggling to pay their utility bills in Shelby County.

A look inside the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center shows the human side of a facility at the center of a funding controversy.

The County Commission will revisit Harris' proposal for a third time at its next committee meeting Jan. 23. 

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says a new juvenile detention center shouldn't be "undersized." On "Behind the Headlines," Bonner said he is committed to a smaller number of children in such a center. 

Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery addressed members of the community in the first of three town halls to be held in District 8.

Republican voters in Tipton County make up most of the first week early voting turnout in the special primary elections for state Senate District 32.

A new Juvenile Detention Center is a top priority for Mayor Lee Harris in 2019.

The Shelby County Commission discussed a Department of Justice report criticizing Juvenile Court's due process procedures.