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Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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Collierville had 19 people apply for the vacant school board position following Keri Blair’s resignation. The board hopes to appoint its member in mid-May.
In the last 10 years, Collierville has grown to 53,500 residents, and there’s one man who’s been an integral part of bringing businesses to town and spurring progress in the suburb: John Duncan.
Collierville Virtual Academy will cease operations at the end of the academic year. The suburb’s Board of Education approved the closure Tuesday evening.
Jeff Jones, interim superintendent, made it clear the decision was not to rescind rezoning elementary schools but to delay until the 2025-26 school year.
United States Rep. David Kustoff stopped by Collierville Rotary Club on Tuesday. He spoke about illegal immigration and the accomplishments of the House of Representatives in 2023.
Two Germantown restaurants were caught selling beer to minors during a routine sting operation by the Germantown Police Department.
Shelby County’s six suburban school districts and most Memphis-Shelby County Schools will welcome students back to school on Tuesday. Students were last in school on Friday, Jan. 12.
Home sales are down for the third straight year. But with interest rates on the decline, some are hopeful the market stabilizes in 2024.
All six suburban school districts, Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Immaculate Conception Cathedral School made the decision to close schools Monday, Jan. 22.
Students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the six suburban districts won’t return to school until at least Monday.
DAC likely would have closed Jan. 1 if Collierville wasn’t considering taking the responsibility.
Suburban districts and Memphis-Shelby County Schools have made the decision to close schools Thursday, Jan. 18, as more wintry precipitation is expected.
Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland will join Millington and Memphis-Shelby County Schools by closing schools Wednesday.
Not only does the weather make road conditions treacherous, but the expected single-digit temperatures are also a cause for concern for students who walk, bike or wait at bus stops.
Helena Agri-Enterprises will not receive a PILOT from the Collierville. Board members thought the capital investment was too low.
Collierville Board of Education met Friday to approve a contract for its next leader, Superintendent Russell Dyer.
Those interested in filling the position must be a citizen of Tennessee, a resident and qualified voter of Collierville and have a GED or high school diploma.
Keri Blair has resigned just 13 months after being elected, the district announced early Wednesday morning.
The delay would pass the responsibility to Russell Dyer, the suburb’s new superintendent, who is expected to assume his role in March.
Collierville leaders denied a new roomier Chick-fil-A due to concerns with traffic.
Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will consider preliminary plans for a new Chick-fil-A on Monday.
Let it Fly, the sports bar Mike Miller opened in 2019, closed its Germantown location.
In 2023, Memphis lost artists, activists, coaches, athletes, entrepreneurs, medical professionals, restaurateurs, public servants and the area’s “unofficial LGBTQ historian.” Today, we remember them once again.
Collierville Schools “couldn’t find God” as its superintendent, but it did find the district’s former chief of staff, Russell Dyer, as its next leader.
“There was that moment where my dad slapped me on the back and said: ‘She’s a beaut, Clark,’” said the mastermind behind the “Christmas mullet.”