 | Sheriff's Office Investigating Homicide in Cordova
A teacher, pastor and assistant basketball coach at Ridgeway High School was found dead in his Cordova home. 49-year-old Jimmy McClain is the first homicide in Shelby County for 2013.  Watch Video
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 | New Bill Would Waste Millions Invested in Shelby Co. 9-1-1
New legislation could leave Shelby County 9-1-1 dead in its tracks. Watch Video
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 | Commissioner Proposes Public Vote on Residency Requirements
A Shelby County Commissioner says you folks have the right to decide whether county employees should be forced to live in Shelby County. It's the law, but Commissioner Terry Roland says it's not a very good law, and thinks it should be changed. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Taking Part in 9-1-1 Texting Trial
You'll soon be able to text your emergency to 9-1-1 in Shelby County. Tennessee is one of four states taking part in a trial program, scheduled to begin this spring. If the test goes well, the program could become permanent. Watch Video
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 | Sobriety Checkpoints Becoming Common in Shelby County
Federal grant money means sobriety checkpoints will happen more frequently in Shelby County. Watch Video
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 | Quit or Sell The House? MCS Teachers Battle New Residency Requirements
The Shelby County Commission is moving forward with plans to require all teachers in a new Unified Memphis/Shelby County School System live in Shelby County. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Mayor Luttrell Predicts Possible Tax Hike
With revenue down and expenses up, Shelby County Mayor Luttrell warns citizens to be on the lookout for a possible tax increase. Watch Video
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 | Mayor Luttrell Says Taxpayers Can Expect Increase
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell is warning homeowners again: brace for an increase in Shelby County property taxes. The Unified School District's $90 million deficit is to blame. Watch Video
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 | Infant Mortality Rate Dropping in Shelby County
More babies are living to seeing their first birthday in Shelby County. The county's infant mortality rate is at a record low. Watch Video
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 | Judge Will Rule Tuesday on Municipal Schools
A U.S. district judge will make a final ruling on Shelby County Municipal schools on Tuesday after attempts at mediation ended Friday November 23, 2012. Watch Video
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 | Countywide Sales Tax Hike Back for Consideration
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton says he blew it. When it came to explaining a proposed half percent countywide sales tax increase, he admits people didn't understand where the money would go. Voters overwhelmingly shot it down; now the city wants to bring up the issue... Again. Watch Video
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 | Couple Tied Up, Sexually Assaulted, Robbed at Gunpoint
Shelby County deputies say six armed men wearing ski masks, waited inside a home in the 4700 block of Buttermilk Drive in southeast Memphis. Watch Video
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| Mayor: Shelby County Facing Financial Challenges
Mayor Mark Luttrell says the county will have to be innovative and creative to ensure there's enough money for needed services without putting too many of those costs on the taxpayers.
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 | Big Changes in Auto Inspections Coming to Shelby County
Next week, Mayor Mark Luttrell will announce a recommendation for how County should do auto inspections starting next June. All county residents will probably have to get emissions tests. Watch Video
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 | Le Bonheur to Stop Conducting County's Child Sexual Assault Exams
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is getting out of the business of performing forensic examinations on child sexual assault victims. It's a move that has Shelby County leaders scrambling to fill that void. Watch Video
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 | Life-Saving Flood Efforts Honored with Prestigious Award
The Shelby County Office of Preparedness was honored today with a rare award for their response during the historic flood of 2011. Watch Video
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| City to Vote on Unloading Auto Inspections onto County
In two weeks the Memphis City Council is scheduled to vote on a plan where the city would get out of the inspections business by July of next year. Watch Video
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 | Cash for Tires Funding Still Short County's Half
The Cash for Tires program may be short on cash. Instead of $100,000 to get tires off the streets, it may be half that. The Shelby County Mayor says he has some serious questions about who's really benefiting from the program. Watch Video
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 | TPC Suggests Tax Increase to Cover $57M Merger Shortfall
Members of the Transition Planning Commission told Shelby County commissioners that the system will be short $57 million when operations start next year. One recommendation to make that money up was a property tax increase. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Officials Defend 48-Hour Jail Holds
Some Shelby County officials are continuing to defend the practice of holding people in jail for 48 hours without probable cause, even though courts have repeatedly told them it violates the law.
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 | Mayor Wharton Supports Ford's Vehicle Inspection Plan
Shelby County drivers beware. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton says if you use Memphis city roads and services during your commute in and out of the city, you should be forced to get your car inspected and pay for it as well. Watch Video
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| County Ready to Counter Vehicle Inspection Proposal
The proposal to force people who drive in Memphis more than twice a week to get auto inspections is picking up even more criticism. Watch Video
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 | Councilman Ford Confident in Vehicle Inspection Plan
Earlier this week, Memphis City Councilman Ed Ford Jr. said he wants to charge for motor vehicle inspections. He also wants people who travel into the city at least two times a week to get their cars inspected too. Ford says he's getting nothing but good comments from people in Memphis about the plan, and so he's moving forward. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Suburban Boards Voting on Municipal Schools Plans
The legislative bodies in six Shelby County suburban cities will take up final readings of proposals to start local school systems.
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| County Commissioner Proposes Another Tax Hike
Memphis voters will be asked to approve a sales tax hike this fall. Now a Shelby County commissioner is proposing a countywide bump in the sales tax rate. Watch Video
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 | Cold Temperatures End West Nile Outbreak
Shelby County Vector Control has stopped all spraying of mosquito insecticide.
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 | Commissioner Roland to Propose County Trash Alternatives
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell has been looking at possibly having the county get into the trash removal business. The idea has left most folks totally underwhelmed. Watch Video
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 | State Annexation Bill to Be Withdrawn
Tennessee State Senator Mark Norris (R-Collierville) announced that he would withdraw two bills regarding annexation, specifically aimed at Memphis and an annex reserve in Shelby County, due to constitutional problems.
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 | Shelby County Forms Veterans Court
They leave to fight for our freedom, but many come home only to lose it. There are more veterans committing crimes than many care to admit. Watch Video
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 | Shelby Co. Election Commission Fires Back on Voting Fraud Allegations
Shelby County’s Election Commission is firing back at claims it committed voter fraud.
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 | Commissioner vs. Commissioner at Tumultuous Meeting
In one meeting you had commissioners Taylor versus Ritz and Roland, Roland versus Taylor and Thomas, Bunker versus Chism, Chism versus Republicans, Brooks versus Chism, Chism versus Brooks, and Ford versus Bailey. All of this started after a tussle over tacos at a Mexican restaurant in Collierville. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Doctors Push For HPV Vaccines For Boys
Shelby County doctors want parents to vaccinate boys as young as 9-years-old with the HPV vaccine. Watch Video
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 | Collierville, Germantown Move toward Local Schools
The city boards of Germantown and Collierville are taking steps toward starting municipal school systems.
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 | Shelby Co. Employee Indicted for Inmate Identity Theft
A Shelby County employee was arrested for stealing and selling personal information of inmates at the Shelby County Jail. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Scales Back Plan to Annex County Land
The City of Memphis is scaling back ambitious plans to annex a large swath of Eastern Shelby County. Initially, the city said about 50,000 people would be affected under its current annexation plan. That number was later lowered to 22,000, then 17,000. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Offering Christmas Tree Disposal
Shelby County is providing a place where people can go and drop off their live Christmas trees to be recycled. Watch Video
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 | Olive Branch, Shelby County Working Together on Road Fixes
The two governments are working together to repave messy State Line Road. Watch Video
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 | Teen Charged in Armed Robbery of Boy's Jacket
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after he bragged about robbing a young boy of his jacket to the victim's sister.
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 | Shelby Co. Sgt. Seriously Injured In Crash
Investigators are looking for clues after a teenage driver hit a Sergeant in a head-on collision. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Office of Preparedness Bracing for Deep Cuts
The Shelby County Office of Preparedness is facing budget cuts that will hamper its ability to respond to emergencies. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Lacks New Technology to Fight Meth
Six weeks into the news year, Shelby County still doesn't have the technology they need to enforce a new meth law. Watch Video
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 | Commissioner Terry Roland Threatened to Hit Colleague
Police were called to Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland's speech before the Collierville Republicans after he threatened to hit another commissioner over a redistricting dispute.
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 | Shelby Commission Committee Approves 2 Animal Proposals
Proposals to more specifically define vicious dogs and set minimum care requirements for owning pets are moving through the Shelby County Commission.
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 | New Website Helps Deputies Snag Dozens Of Crooks
Shelby County deputies snagged three dozen crooks using the website idthisperson.com. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Mayor to Give Bonus Pay Despite Debt
Shelby County is a billion dollars in debt, but county workers are still getting bonuses this year. Mayor Mark Luttrell says it's all thanks to a nine-percent budget surplus. Watch Video
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 | Shelby County Commissioners Sue over Redistricting
A lawsuit filed against Shelby County is asking a court to get involved in voter redistricting.
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 | Shelby County Commissioner Wants Investigation
A Shelby County Commissioner is asking for a state audit to investigate a county contract. Watch Video
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 | Fake Deputy Preys On Shelby County Residents
He's a deputy who needs your credit card, but the Shelby County Sheriff's Office says, don't give him anything.
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 | Annexation Bill on Hold amid City, County Outcry
Earlier this week in Nashville, legislation was introduced specifically aimed at not letting the city annex an area of east Shelby County . Now, city council members are saying the whole process is bordering on being out of control. Watch Video
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 | 12-Year-Old Charged With Aggravated Assault
Deputies arrest 12-year-old after he threatens his classmate with a gun.
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