Democrats celebrated a spectacular night Thursday (Aug. 4) as a repeat performance of 2018’s blue wave rolled over the Shelby County general election.
Democrats swept the county’s elected offices for mayor, sheriff, district attorney general, court clerks, Shelby County clerk,...
In one of Shelby County’s most contentious races, University of Memphis law professor and criminal law attorney Steve Mulroy declared victory over Republican incumbent Amy Weirich in the race for Shelby County District Attorney General on Thursday.
With all 142...
Voters Thursday (Aug. 4) gave Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris another four-year term to build on his vision.
The incumbent mayor defeated Memphis City Councilmember Worth Morgan in Thursday’s county general election.
Shelby County Election Commission totals as of 1:05 a.m....
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Save the date: MSCS Family Festival
The Memphis Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Family Festival is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday (Aug. 6) at the Board of Education at 160...
Voter advocate groups in Shelby County are celebrating the highest voter turnout in the state.
“Shelby County really turned up the vote during early voting,” said the Rev. Dr. Earle J. Fisher Jr., Upthevote901 organizer. “Although we are a nonpartisan...
Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael is facing three challengers in his bid for re-election, including Tarik B. Sugarmon, who Michael defeated by garnering 54 percent of the vote to Sugarmon’s 46 percent in 2014.
Besides Sugarmon, who is a City...
With nearly 8,000 votes cast in the first two days of early voting, will Shelby County witness one of the larger mid-term turnouts in recent history?
“The turnout has really been encouraging,” said Sidney Adkins, who was handing out voting...
Democratic State Rep. Torrey Harris of Memphis faces charges of misdemeanor assault and felony theft following his arrest on Sunday. He is accused of assaulting an ex-boyfriend.
Harris was elected to Tennessee’s House of Representatives in 2020, where he was...
A coalition of women’s groups will hold a news conference and a nonpartisan “Women Vote Early” rally Saturday (July 23) to encourage women to vote in the Aug. 4 elections.
Women Vote Early is led by the National Coalition of...
In 2018, there were over 50,000 voters registered in School Board District 6, which takes in ZIP Codes 38109 and 38116. But less than 14,000 people actually voted.
“That’s less than 30 percent of registered voters,” point out the Rev....