From broken escalators to overcrowded, unlocked cells: Inside Shelby County's aging jail
The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...
Have kids suffered amid Memphis-Shelby County Schools' unclear priorities, leadership?
Memphis-Shelby County Schools sees improvement trend for student academics, but not what past administrations imagined. Some ...
Memphis-Shelby County Schools literacy director Jared Myracle resigns
Jared Myracle was brought in my former Superintendent Marie Feagins. Myracle has spend most of his career in education in ...
Chalkbeat2d
Some Tennessee charter school applicants could bypass local districts under governor’s proposal
Gov. Bill Lee is pushing for a major revision to Tennessee charter school law to create ways for operators to apply directly ...
WREG2d
School vouchers officially signed into TN law: What does it mean?
It’s official and signed into law. School vouchers are here to stay in Tennessee. The controversial Education Freedom Act is now signed into law, meaning taxpayer ...
Shelby County DA Mulroy's office touts trial increases, crime dropping in annual report
Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy's office is "pulling every lever" to work toward a lower crime rate. Here's what he said his ...
Action News 5 Memphis on MSN2d
Shelby County Clerk asks for pay raises for her staff
Clerk Halbert said currently almost half of her staff are not receiving a decent wage of at least $18 an hour, which is ...