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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Early voting is underway in Shelby County and, while officials are taking extra precautions to protect in-person voters, some say the absentee ballots haven’t gone as well. “I put a question on social media asking people if they have received their ballots, and I would say almost 100 people responded with some […]

A popular Memphis restaurant owner agrees with recent calls to pump the brakes or add some additional rules to the current Phase 2 regulations, based on increasing COVID-19 cases.

As Shelby County has more than 8,000 COVID-19 cases and 164 deaths, the Shelby County Health Department director said the message needs to go out to encourage people to wear masks.

A Shelby County Commissioner requested county leadership to go back to Phase I of the Back to Business plan or make adjustments to Phase II as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and two state lawmakers are working to ensure people across Memphis are safe as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. Mayor Strickland announced on Monday he would be teaming up with Representative Karen Camper and Senator Raumesh Akbari for the “Mask Up Memphis and Live” campaign. According to the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Commissioner plans to entertain the idea of bringing Shelby County back into Phase I of the ‘Back to Business’ plan. On Saturday night, Commissioner Tami Sawyer replied to a person on Twitter, saying she plans on requesting on moving back to Phase I during Monday’s commission meeting. WREG reached […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County may be close to declaring racism as a pandemic, but the choice of words in the resolution is leading to some choice words between commissioners. Tami Sawyer was one of eight commissioners who this week sponsored the resolution, which she says acknowledges racism in the health system. “This will allow […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A national movement to encourage black people to head to the polls made its way to the Mid-South on Tuesday night. The group “Black Voters Matter” is behind this initiative and discussed its mission in an online town hall meeting. This comes as activists have been taking to the streets of Memphis, […]

A black county commissioner who received a hate-filled email using racist language took to social media and was defended by an unexpected ally — a local private school.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The discussion to cut funding from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office budget for community programs ended in a heated argument between two county commissioners during Monday’s meeting. Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer proposed to amend the budget by cutting 5% from the sheriff’s office budget and redirecting the funds to community services. […]

Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is hosting a press conference after two men were charged for driving their vehicles into protesters in Midtown on Friday.