The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...

Replacing the aging jail at 201 Poplar is a step closer to reality, but it comes with a cost to you. A bill to fund a new ...

Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy's office is "pulling every lever" to work toward a lower crime rate. Here's what he said his ...

The owner of a Hanover County vape shop and a store employee have been arrested and accused of distributing marijuana.

Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery said the commission could explore having more control over the county’s funding to MSCS. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) The idea of a proposed state takeover ...

Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism ...

Officials from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post they received a tip about two students photographing themselves with a firearm in a bathroom of Martha Layne Collins High ...

A Black jail inmate who was slammed into bunkbeds, thrown facedown and then dragged backward across the concrete floor by a rope clipped to his handcuffed wrists is suing a Washington state ...

According to the official Shelby County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, Pointer was apprehended yesterday morning. The arrest coup de grâce came after a series of investigations linking him to a ...

In an effort to enhance healthcare delivery in Memphis, the Shelby County Commission has given the green light to acquire a new site for Regional One Health's campus, slated to replace the old ...

the Shelby County Sheriff's Office will conduct a background check of all applicants. Lucas Finton covers crime, policing, jails, the courts and criminal justice policy for The Commercial Appeal.