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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County leaders learned more about the progress being made with Ford’s Blue Oval City on Wednesday. The multi-billion-dollar mega-site is expected to bring a lot of revenue to the local economy. Blue Oval City is still a few years away from opening. However, preparations are already being made to ensure the region […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Early elections are underway in Shelby County and will end on April 28. The last day to vote in primaries is May 3, 2022. Below is a list of candidates, the offices they are running for and the parties they represent. If you have questions regarding absentee voting, click here to request […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Big pay raises are coming for the next Shelby County mayor, sheriff, and county commissioners after the current commissioners debated the pay raise proposals this week. The commission approved an almost 20% pay hike for the next elected group of county commissioners and a 21% increase for the next elected sheriff and mayor meaning […]

Shelby County commissioners meet to wrap up the years business, and one item remaining is a possible pay raise for the county mayor and sheriff. To look ahead to that meeting and what’s to come in the new year, we were live Monday morning with commissioners Mick Wright and Reginald Milton.

Every ten years the U.S. Census prompts lawmakers to update district maps for county commission and school boards. The commission will meet in a special session Monday to set district lines that the county election commission set. To discuss redistricting plans and more, we were live Monday morning with commissioners Edmund Ford, Jr. and Mick […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County commissioners sounded off in a special called meeting Friday night after county health officials recently wasted more 2,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine instead of getting them into peoples’ arms.  “This is the final insult and miscarriage of justice,” Commissioner Mick Wright said. Fallout from the embarrassment has now reached the top, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris told county commissioners that Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department, has tendered her resignation Friday. As of Friday, Harris said, Haushalter is still an employee of the health department. There will be a “wind-down period” until March 15, and an interim director will be […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Health said Friday they have contacted the FBI over the potential theft of COVID-19 vaccines by a volunteer from the Pipkin site in Memphis. Dr. Lisa Piercey with TDH said the incident may have occurred Feb. 3. The FBI was contacted Thursday night. “Yesterday was February 25th and that […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter spoke last Friday about 1,300 vaccine doses they let expire, she cited the winter storm. “You’re all aware we’ve had to close sites the last week because of weather conditions,” she said. But the Tennessee Department of Health’s investigation yielded more concerning results. “We […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Days after the Shelby County Health Department revealed that 1,315 doses of the Pfizer vaccine had to be thrown out because they had expired, the Tennessee Department of Health has announced that it will be investigating the matter.   Friday, Dr. Alisa Haushalter, who heads the Shelby County Health Department, said that […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — You might not have heard of “vaccine tourism” until Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris brought it up on WREG Wednesday. “Folks in Mississippi might come here. Vaccine tourism is real,” Harris said. “Folks in Arkansas may come here. Vaccine tourism is real. We want to accommodate as many people as possible.” Commissioner […]