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 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.

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

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

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.

Mayor requests pause on Ford's grants amid prosecution

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, in first statement since Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was indicted, asked for a pause in Ford's role in giving grants.

The federal indictment against Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr. outlines a complicated scheme involving government grants, nonprofits, bank accounts and businesses.