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A driver received a citation after a protester was struck by a vehicle in Midtown on Friday.

A Shelby County Commission committee voted Wednesday to move forward with a plan allowing convicted felons a fair chance at a new start.

The video seems to show an officer knocking down a woman who was standing near demonstrators at the Midtown police precinct on Union Avenue.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The day after hundreds gathered to protest police brutality, shutting down Union Avenue, organizers are clashing with Memphis city leaders on their perspective of how the night was handled.  Black Lives Matter leaders say it’s not the counter protest that upsets them. It’s how authorities handled the events that followed.            The protest […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Commission is urging the county’s health department to require wearing facial coverings in public. Commissioners approved a resolution Monday night urging the health department to make masks mandatory outside the home for residents and visitors in Shelby County through Sept. 1, or earlier if the health department decides. There […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man who lost his livelihood and then became a victim of a crime is back in business after some help from a county commissioner and good-hearted Memphians. Now he’s doing what he can to help others. Scott Briggs was busy this Friday afternoon, mowing, maintaining yards in Cordova. When the […]

Two local leaders are working with the private sector to turn hotels into hospitals just in case Memphis ever gets to the point of needing extra space while battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Old Dominick Distillery partnered with Shelby County to make as many as 10,000 units of hand sanitizer to distribute to lower income communities and homeless people in Shelby County.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County Commissioners approved up to $50,000 to pay Old Dominick Distillery to make hand sanitizer since the product is in short supply at stores. “Commissioner [Tami] Sawyer put forth a resolution to be able to work with local distillery to utilize their byproducts from their processes to develop and distribute hand […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A report from the state inspector says Shelby County leaders must find a way to fix or replace the Criminal Justice Center. The inspector’s report says the building is outdated and antiquated with doors, locks, security devices, showers, security systems and various other items being difficult and nearly impossible to maintain or […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County will not be getting new voting machines in time for the Presidential election in November. County Commissioner Tami Sawyer made the announcement on Facebook Monday night. She says the county commission was told Monday that a referendum will have to be put on the ballot for resident to approve of […]