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Commissioners Van Turner and Edmund Ford Jr. talk about Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ $1.4 billion budget for the next fiscal year.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In one south Memphis zip code, vaccination rates are amongst the lowest in Shelby County. To decrease vaccine hesitancy in 38106, County Mayor Lee Harris created a new COVID community council. Meet registered nurse Melanie Keller. Public health is her concern as a nurse and the president and CEO of Meritan. “That’s […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new health directive is set to be released on Wednesday and it could include more recommendations than mandatory guidelines. To start off the task force meeting Tuesday, health officials shared a slide of the health directive from April which states that if the case numbers and other indicators remain stable over […]

Severe weather is once again threatening much of the South Tuesday, after deadly tornadoes struck parts of the region Sunday night and Monday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Imagine your loved one buried in a mass of tall weeds, over grown grass and total disarray. It brings tears to Alice Waller’s eyes. She can no longer even find the spot where her grandmother is buried. “Just to be able to come in, to be able to have a pathway to […]

The Shelby County Fire Department announced a big change in hopes of reducing the burden on emergency rooms.

The Tennessee Senate has passed a bill that would require aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Local leaders and activists were weighing in Tuesday with their reactions to the three guilty verdicts against former Minnesota officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Here is a sampling of their comments. Memphis pastor Devante Hill, who was involved in organizing Black Lives Matter protests in Memphis last year […]

Shelby County health officials said they are concerned about the variant strains of the coronavirus which have been detected in the county.

Mayor Lee Harris and Dr. LaSonya Harris Hall with the Shelby County Health Department talk about the vaccination effort and what’s next for the county.

An attorney for Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. said the recent allegations against his client are all the result of a beef with Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris.