The suburb’s Board of Education approved a bid Tuesday night from Grinder, Taber & Grinder to complete some of the Houston High softball facilities.

Collierville Schools Board Chairman Wright Cox asked residents Tuesday, Aug. 24, to remember their choices impact everyone.

Houston Middle is seeing the largest number of parents opting out of the Shelby County Health Department mask mandate — with 22% of 834 HMS students receiving parental permission to not mask.

Germantown Municipal School District will not fire the educator following its investigation regarding her social media post.

David Townsend, who has been with Collierville Police Department for 26 years, became the first officer promoted to the rank of major in the department.

Collierville will not pursue a diversity equity and inclusion board, following months of requests from residents.

James Lewellen’s 26 years in Collierville will come to a close in a few months, but the impact he had on the suburb will surpass his time with the town.

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Germantown is reviewing Superintendent Jason Manuel’s contract so future reviews do not coincide with an election year.

James Lewellen, who has held the position since 1995, ‘is not replaceable,’ says Mayor Stan Joyner.

Shelly Pilkington is the owner of a barber shop in Arlington’s Depot Square, maintaining an old-school approach to cutting hair, trimming beards and shaving chins.

The approval is the second for an outparcel in The Lake District.

Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allows students to opt out and attend classes without masks.

Germantown Baptist Church will reopen as a mass vaccination site in September.

The Facebook post compared proof of vaccination to events during the Holocaust. 

Whatever good could come from consolidating Memphis and Shelby County governments doesn’t have a chance of passage as long as the dual vote is required.

Schools saw COVID-19 even when universal masking was required. The numbers from the first week of school, prior to Gov. Bill Lee’s order, provide a baseline.

Suburban districts shared the number of students opting out following Gov. Bill Lee’s order. However, most students continue to mask.

Several developments in Arlington — including the West Tennessee Veterans Home — received their latest approval from the town’s Planning Commission.

Collierville Schools said more than 70 students have contracted COVID-19, causing 241 students to quarantine. About 11.16% of Collierville students opted out of masking.

Suburban school districts are no longer requiring mask mandates for students, in line with Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order. However, the Shelby County mandate still affects staff.

The former Germantown Country Club has closed. It is now officially owned by Farmington-Kimbrough Development Group.

While Shelby County’s population only grew by 1%, the suburbs reflected much higher percentages of population growth across the board.

The church is home to one of the city’s handful of Stephen Ministries, a program that pairs a person suffering from loss with their own trained lay person for a year.

A gathering for Collierville residents to discuss the school mask mandate ended before it began. The parents and others gathered at Suggs Park got up and walked to their cars when members of the media arrived.

Lakeland has seen a growing use of unauthorized motor vehicles, such as golf cars, on city streets and want to concentrate on enforcing the laws against it.