Bartlett incumbent Mayor Keith McDonald and Position 2 Alderwoman Emily Elliott were returned to office Tuesday with easy victories in the suburb’s municipal election.

The Election Commission may have posted the final unofficial numbers, but Germantown mayoral challenger John Barzizza was unwilling to concede the election Wednesday given the close finish with incumbent Mike Palazzolo.

The closure of Target’s Cordova store could affect up to 173 employees, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice filed with the state of Tennessee.

Challenger Mike Cunningham unseated incumbent Lakeland Mayor Wyatt Bunker on Tuesday in a victory that further strengthened an opposition group against the current administration. 

As the season rolled along, it became clear that this Memphis women’s soccer team was going to chase history.

It was Ella’s ninth birthday and she wanted to go swimming.

Incumbent Collierville aldermen Tom Allen and Maureen Fraser are hoping their leadership experience will push them to victory on Election Day. Challengers Gregory Cotton and William Boone want to sway voters looking for a change. 

The Lake District has secured six more tenants, effectively boosting its committed retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet.

Over the next year the Germantown Municipal School District (GMSD) Board of Education will create a new five-year strategic plan, so the races for board seats in this year’s election carry extra weight.

Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

Germantown opened the bid process on its new outdoor venue – The Grove – earlier this week and the mandatory pre-bid meeting for those interested is later today.

Shane Horn begins his duties as Lakeland city manager next Monday, Oct. 1, earning $110,000 annually to run the suburb’s day-to-day operations.

On Sundays we’re going to try to catch up on the week’s news, late-breaking items, observations and perhaps a recap of stories that were particularly interesting.

Over the years, suburban cities have dealt with cyclical changes in direction. Those times when enough new folks move into a municipality and decide the old folks in office aren’t doing things correctly and orchestrate a change.