Mark Luttrell was sworn in Wednesday as the new Shelby County Mayor. The new sheriff in town is also officially at the helm of county law enforcement ...
Mark Luttrell wants to show results in his early days as Shelby County mayor, saying an improved system for resolving complaints might be one way to inspire trust in residents ...
Olive Branch Mayor Sam Rikard, after a second meeting with aldermen on Tuesday, planned to retool the proposed upcoming city budget in time for a vote next week ...
A former security guard lobbied Tuesday for more money in child-support payments from former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton. Instead, she walked out of court with $968 less a month ...
Former Collierville mayor Linda Kerley says she was asked to leave a Monday meeting of consolidation opponents at Riverdale School after acknowledging her support for merging Memphis and Shelby County governments ...
When the County Commissioners finished their budgetdeliberations passing the amended proposal eleven to one, ShelbyCounty Mayor Joe Ford was in a pretty good mood ...
A day after anti-incumbent sentiment prevailed in primaries in Nevada and South Carolina, (and almost prevailed against Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas), former Mayor Willie Herenton revealed his campaign slogan in his bid to oust incumbent Steve Cohen in the Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional district. Eleanor Boudreau reports ...
The four Republican candidates for Tennessee Governor--Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, Joe Kirkpatrick, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, and U.S. Representative Zach Wamp--sparred in a live, televised debate here at WKNO. Eleanor Boudreau reports ...
JB Wamp with commissioners at last week's press conference Nothing so far has shaken up the 2010 gubernatorial race in Tennessee like Chattanooga congressman Zach Wamp’s pledge in Memphis last Wednesday that, as governor, he would return to the Regional Medical Center all federal funds received as a direct result of uncompensated medical care rendered by the Med ... In other words, if — as in the last fiscal year — the Med should provide some $90 million worth of charity medical care,