Shelby County Commissioner, Dr. Edmund Ford, Jr. makes his first appearance at county committee meeting since last week's federal indictment

The move comes after the indictment of Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who federal investigators said used the grants to put money into his own pocket.

The grant program that allots each county commissioner $200,000 is at the heart of federal bribery and tax-evasion charges against Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. has been told “not” to contact several people as his bribery and kickbacks case makes its way through the courts. Ford Jr. is known to speak out at Commission meetings,

The CA examined public records and the indictment of Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. to make a timeline. Here's how things have played out.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was back at work Wednesday for the first time since his federal indictment.

The Commercial Appeal used meeting records and court documents to determine the local organizations which were unnamed in the federal indictment.

Edmund Ford Jr. has been federally charged with bribery and tax evasion, court records show. Here's what we know.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted last week on one count of alleged bribery and kickbacks and six counts of attempted tax evasion. The federal indictment filed Thursday, Feb. 27, reveals businesses tied to Ford deposited more than $250,000 into bank accounts from various nonprofits from 2017 to 2021.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on Monday asked that the Shelby County Commission to pause Edmund Ford Jr.'s participation in the grant-making process amid a federal investigation into the commissioner's alleged bribery scheme.