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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A statewide outage is affecting credit card payments, the Shelby County Clerk’s Office said Tuesday morning. Credit cards cannot be accepted currently at county clerks’ offices. Cash can still be used. County Clerk Wanda Halbert said the state is currently working to resolve the issue.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert was back before Commissioners Wednesday to request a budget increase for more personnel at the yet-to-be-opened Riverdale location but is getting heat for failing to renew leases on two branch offices. Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert promised to get her new Riverdale office opened by June 3 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Shelby County Commissioner says the county clerk’s Whitehaven office is in jeopardy of closing because County Clerk Wanda Halbert has failed to renew the lease, which expired more than a year ago. Commissioner Mick Wright posted on Facebook that the clerk’s office will begin paying a hold-over fee for the Whitehaven […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert remained defiant in the face of a call to resign her office during a contentious back-and-forth with county commissioners Wednesday. In a more than hour-long meeting, Halbert was questioned about plans for her Poplar Plaza office, which has been under a microscope from Shelby County Mayor Lee […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Lee Harris is putting more pressure on Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office Wednesday, as time runs out for Halbert to sign a new lease on her satellite office. At issue is the Poplar Plaza satellite office location of the clerk’s office. The lease for the space is set to run […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Commissioner is asking County Clerk Wanda Halbert to step down after emails obtained by WREG Investigators show her lease at one satelite office lease about to expire and another called into question. Emails from September 2022 obtained through a county government source with knowledge of the matter show the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mayor of Shelby County is threatening to investigate County Clerk Wanda Halbert for dereliction of duty if she does not meet a Friday deadline to move an East Memphis office location. Wanda Halbert’s office issued the following statement on Friday: The issue concerns the clerk’s satellite office in the Poplar Plaza […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert will work with a special adviser to help her office provide services after months of citizen complaints. County commissioners approved the resolution, added by Commissioner Henri Brooks, on Wednesday. The county commission will allocate up to $150,000 from contingency funds for the adviser, which will be transferred […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you live in downtown Memphis and need to go to the county clerk’s office to register a vehicle, you will be out of luck for the next two weeks. The Shelby County Clerk’s Office said its downtown location will close the motor vehicle and title departments for the week of Jan. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Monday morning, the line at the Shelby County Clerk’s office was wrapped around the building due to a system outage, leaving drivers frustrated. Around 7 a.m., Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert sent out a tweet that read: The State of Tennessee County Clerk transaction teams are experiencing glitches this morning with motor […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Shelby County Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to hold Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert to a set of specific goals including bringing all facilities to code, automating the clerk’s office, opening the Riverdale location by the end of this month, and hiring more employees. However, the subject of hiring turned the session into a […]