Shelby County GOP contenders square off
Two Shelby County Commission seats will be hotly contested primary races as one incumbent defends his spot and two new contenders hope to fill an upcoming vacancy.
With Filing Deadline Near for Countywide Races, Candidates Digging in
With but days to go before Thursday’s filing deadline for countywide offices, there’ll be more high-powered announcements and candidate filings—some of them sure to be surprising. Meanwhile, the last week or so has been marked by some serious candidate action.
Ground Breaking: The Shelby Farms Greenline
This past Thursday, ground was broken on the 7-mile Shelby Farms Greenline.
Report from Wharton's transition team says long-term financial planning absent
Soon after his election in October, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton announced that he wanted to make government more efficient, cost effective and customer friendly. Now, he says, he has the plan to do it.
Plan To Save The MED Causes Debate
The Regional Medical Center at Memphis remains on financial life support.
As time ticks down to keep its emergency room open, there's a new debate over how to fund The MED to keep it fully operational.
Editorial: Merge the fire departments
Interim Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford doesn't see any point to merging the Memphis and county fire departments.
Joe Ford opposes merging Shelby County, Memphis fire departments
Interim Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford is opposing efforts to combine the city and county fire departments, but County Commissioner Mike Carpenter says a committee he's leading will push ahead with merger efforts that began under former county mayor AC Wharton.
Daughter's crusade aids missing elderly
Questions that can never be answered haunt Cheryl Feeney.
Feeney's mother, Elizabeth Ferguson, 86, disappeared while driving to a doctor's appointment in May 2008. Six months later, her skeletal remains were found near her 1993 Mercury Sable off a remote dirt road in Southwest Memphis.
No Interim Shelby County Mayor After Commissioners Vote 24 Times
Shelby County Commissioners were set to vote for a candidate to finish A C Wharton’s term as county mayor through August 2010. They voted 24 times, with no luck. Most votes finished with a 5-5 tie between Shelby County Commissioners JW Gibson and Joe Ford. Both candidates for Shelby County Mayor say they have what it takes to move the county forward over the next year and a half. But neither candidate was able to get the seven votes needed to become mayor.
Shelby County commissioners vote to cut their own pay
Some local officials will have lighter paychecks when they take office next year.
The Shelby County Commission cast final votes Monday to cut salaries for the county mayor, county commissioners and sheriff.