Shelby County News

Shelby County Commissioner and mayoral candidate J.W. Gibson II describes himself as an entrepreneur running diverse business operations, and one of them is a company that contracts with the Tennessee Lottery to print tickets.

A major with the Memphis Police Department faces a DUI charge following a traffic accident while he was off-duty early today.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey today touted his first-place finish among the four Republican gubernatorial candidates in a straw poll at the Tennessee Conservative Union's annual meeting in Knoxville Thursday night.

MEMPHIS a ' A 16-year-old Memphis girl, left to watch five children while a baby sitter ran errands, is charged with an infanta TMs death.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton continued with sweeping changes at the Memphis Animal Shelter Friday, announcing the firing of Animal Services Director Ernest Alexander.

Two months after the statewide guns-in-parks law took effect, Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman says the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen won't consider opting out of the legislation that allows handgun-carry permit holders to pack their guns in parks.

There were several startling moments Wednesday during a Shelby County Commission meeting to interview the candidates who hope to be the next mayor of Shelby County.

Crime scene tape surrounds a Memphis home on Effie where two children died after they were left home alone when the house burned.

Candidates for the job of interim Shelby County mayor J.W. Gibson, Joe Ford and George Flinn listen as former Collierville mayor Linda Kerley answers questions during an open vetting by members of the County Commission Wednesday morning.

Necropsies before a raid on the City of Memphis Animal Shelter last week indicated three dogs had died from "lack of care and feeding," according to a search warrant obtained today by The Commercial Appeal.

Alex Coleman 5:24 PM CST, November 3, 2009 TN EDUCATION REPORT CARD Across Tennessee, it's report card day for the state's school districts.

FAST FACTS: Council Chairman Harold Collins says plan will help reduce blight It is same plan already approved by Shelby County Commission Many used tire dealers say plan will help them Old tires never die.

" The sale of controlled substances is out of control in the mid-South and cops say it's one of the biggest problems in Shelby County.

Republican Shelby County Commissioner George Flinn has officially declared his candidacy for interim Shelby County mayor.

The owner of three pit bulls is charged with aggravated assault, after his dogs attacked a Cordova woman and her dog.

The owner of three pit bulls says his dogs aren't vicious even though they mauled a 62-year-old woman and her dog during a stroll through their Cordova neighborhood Thursday morning.

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Mayor A C Wharton is forming a new task force to address recent problems at the Memphis Animal Shelter.

A 2-year-old boy critically burned in a South Memphis house fire died Monday, exactly one week after police say his mother left the boy and his brother home alone.

Shelby County sheriff's deputies are executing a search warrant this morning as part of an investigation into alleged animal cruelty at the Memphis Animal Shelter.