Shelby County News

The man who lost control of his car last week and killed an elderly woman visiting from China had a history of seizures, and may have had one just before the fatal crash, according to a police report.

To live with kidney failure is, among other things, to weigh each sip of water against the knowledge that you may eventually drown in it.

Willie Herenton , former Memphis mayor, seems unlikely to open a Nashville version of the Memphis charter school he intends to open this fall.

The board of the Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County will vote Wednesday, June 19, on requests by both companies to receive payment-in-lieu-of-tax breaks.

Authorities say a fight broke out among 50 detainees at Shelby County Juvenile Court when a sprinkler system went off, unlocking the doors of their cells.

Memphis Police said it was a bad case of road rage. Investigators said Carlissa Rodgers got so mad that she pointed a revolver Last night was the 62nd annual Miss USA pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kevin Hyneman Cos. Inc. has more than 40 acres under contract near Germantown and I-40 with plans for an automotive sales business.

There was a heated debate at the Shelby County Commission meeting Monday, but it was not just commissioners involved in the discussion.

A week after announcing a change in when Shelby County Schools teachers get paid in the schools merger that begins July 1, interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson changed course.

The administration for the unified Memphis and Shelby County school system announced Monday a solution to the issue of harmonizing what had been divergent payroll policies.

An intense manhunt is over after a man accused of shooting a woman and three children in Nashville winds up in Memphis.

Shelby County Commissioners should wrap up their action Monday, June 17, on the first budget for the consolidated school system with a final vote on the school system budget.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Officials in Memphis confirm the suspect in the shooting of a woman and her three daughters at the Brinkhaven Apartments in Madison has been booked into the Shelby County Jail.

One of the few positives about the imminent merger of Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools is the chance to take the best practices from both districts and meld them into one workable unit.

Minutes after the Boy Scouts of America announced its decision to not deny Scout membership based on sexual orientation or preference, debate erupted across the country.

Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is the winner of the Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award, an honor given annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Nashville police were searching Friday night for a man they said shot his girlfriend and her three teenage daughters at an apartment complex and then fled the scene barefoot.

The above photo is of Ernest Moore , 39 years of age. According to Metro Police, he is the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of four people in Madison.

A woman who included a Bartlett police lieutenant in a text for Xanax, waived her preliminary hearing Friday morning and was held for the action of the Shelby County grand jury.

Interim Supt. Dorsey Hopson and Deputy Supt. David Stephens scheduled a meeting with the media for 2:30 p.m. Friday to answer questions about a payroll plan for Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools employees.