There are 235 article(s) tagged Shelby County:

• January 2019

  • Shelby County sued over minority contractor program

    A Memphis mechanical contractors association has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $500,000 in compensatory damages from Shelby County, claiming reverse discrimination.

    By Yolanda Jones and Omer Yusuf January 25, 2019

  • County announces $19 million utility assistance program

    A new utility assistance program, "Keep the Lights on," is now available to help those struggling to pay their utility bills in Shelby County.

    By Natalie Pilgrim January 22, 2019

  • Airbnb says Shelby hosts pocketed 53 percent more in 2018

    Airbnb said Shelby County hosts in 2018 served 51 percent more guests and took in 53 percent more in revenues.

    By Wayne Risher January 08, 2019

• December 2018

  • Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn calls for forensic audit of her office

    After finding checks stuffed in desks, no payments to agencies since 2016 and other issues, Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn calls for an audit of her office.

    By Yolanda Jones December 26, 2018

• November 2018

  • Memphis and Shelby County homicide victims remembered with ceremony

    Jaylon Cohen was out with friends enjoying Fourth of July fireworks when he was shot in the parking lot of a Taco Bell in Bartlett.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018

  • Nelson: Is Big Shelby back?

    Memphians of a certain vintage may recall a time when the rest of Tennessee disparaged us as Big Shelby. It was a backhanded way of expressing East and Middle Tennessee’s resentment of – and, truth be told, our own vaulting pride in – the power wielded by Memphis and Shelby County in the state’s politics and government.

    By Michael Nelson November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • Justice Department ends federal oversight of Juvenile Court

    The Department of Justice said Friday it has ended its six-year federal oversight of Shelby County Juvenile Court.

    By Omer Yusuf October 20, 2018

  • Trial set for August 2019 for mother charged in deaths of 4 children

    Shanynthia Gardner, charged with killing her four young children at her Shelby County apartment in 2016, will go to trial next summer, but whether it will be heard by a jury or the judge has not been decided.

    By Yolanda Jones October 18, 2018

  • Dale Lane, Shelby County Office of Preparedness director, announces retirement

    Shelby County Office of Preparedness director Dale Lane has announced his retirement, according to a news release sent Thursday.

    By Omer Yusuf October 12, 2018

• September 2018

  • Fire Chief Dennis Wolf provides updated status of new Lakeland Fire Department

    Dennis Wolf, Lakeland’s future fire chief, expects the suburb’s new fire department will begin answering calls in July, 2019, becoming the last government entity in Shelby County to operate its own fire service. Wolf, former fire chief in Germantown, provided insight on the new department for officials and residents at a Lakeland Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, Sept.18.

    By Natalie Pilgrim September 23, 2018