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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – State and local leaders are speaking out after 13 people were shot at a Kroger in Collierville.   The shooting happened Thursday at the Kroger on Byhalia Road and Poplar Avenue. Collierville Police have confirmed that 12 people were injured, and one person was killed. WREG has learned the shooter is also […]

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announced his opposition to the construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline through South Memphis.

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 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Health officials said the delta variant of Covid-19 is causing case numbers and hospitalization numbers to rise, creating a strain on the local health care system. During the Memphis/Shelby County Covid-19 Joint Task Force meeting Thursday, health officials reported 408 new cases of Covid. Shelby County is sitting at a 14 percent […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The surge of COVID-19 cases and the Delta variant have both the Memphis city and Shelby County mayors urgently pleading with residents that more people get vaccinated. For the first time in months, both Jim Strickland and Lee Harris appeared at the same time during the COVID task force briefing with a […]

As Memphis City Council members discuss how to spend the money the city’s received, Councilman Martavius Jones said he’s open to using some for vaccine incentives.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The new nominee to head the Shelby County Health Department is gearing up to go before the Shelby County Commission next week. “I consider Memphis home,” said Dr. Michelle Taylor, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’s has nominee to head the Shelby County Health Department. She is no stranger to Memphis. Taylor graduated […]

Former Vice President Al Gore is slated to visit the Bluff City as part of an upcoming rally against the Byhalia Pipeline.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shelby County reported 623 new COVID cases Thursday as the local numbers continue to soar from the delta variant. County and Memphis leaders presented an update on the latest in the COVID situation at noon Thursday. There are currently 4,383 active cases in the county. More than one in four cases are […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new interim director has been appointed to the Shelby County Health Department, Mayor Lee Harris announced Tuesday. Dr. LaSonya Harris Hall is currently deputy chief administrative officer for the county and has served in leadership roles in Memphis and in Shelby County Schools. She also served as a manager with National […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Commission voted 13-0 to confirm Dr. Michelle Taylor as the county’s new health director on Monday, following a controversial nomination. “I’m going to do my level best to prove you every day why you made that unanimous vote,” Taylor told commissioners to applause after the vote. The positive vote […]