Declining birth rates impact enrollment in Shelby County’s suburban schools
Enrollment is trending downward across Shelby County’s suburban schools, and that impacts funding as the municipal districts are finalizing their budgets.
Enrollment is trending downward across Shelby County’s suburban schools, and that impacts funding as the municipal districts are finalizing their budgets.
Millington’s effort to secure the 20th Lone Sailor statue around the world, reached fruition Wednesday as the city and organizers signed the contract to locate the work in a plaza near Navy Road and Easley Avenue.
Stuck in neutral or still on track? If the renovation of the Memphis Motorsports Park is going to be ready for racing this fall, work on the property south of Millington will have to accelerate.
The Memphis Light, Gas and Water community office in Millington will be closed several months for renovations.
While proponents tout the benefits of solar energy, some residents in north Shelby County think those developments are encroaching on their rural lifestyle.
Some suburban residents may have to face an increase in sanitation costs this summer, but the increase is certainly better than trash sitting uncollected at the curb.
The Visible Music College will move from its Downtown location on Madison Avenue to a Millington location later this year.
For some of those seeking a spot on a local school board, the only thing that stands in the way of the November general election is an August ballot.
There are 19 Lone Sailor monuments around the world in places like Normandy, France, Guam and Pearl Harbor. Millington would like to be the 20th.
A Millington homeowner who was cited earlier this year for problems with a cracked sidewalk is working with the city to correct the problem before her home sale is complete in May.
Some worried the Memphis Safe Task Force’s launch would drive crime up in the suburbs.
Since its inception in 2003, the Mid-South Raptor Center, which is run entirely by volunteers, has rehabilitated and released more than 2,000 wounded wild birds of prey.
Millington is ramping up enforcement of a 40-year-old sidewalk-maintenance ordinance. But the requirement has come as a surprise to some residents.
With solar farms sprouting up nearby and a moratorium against them already in place for more than two years, Millington is putting specific conditions on future projects.
Construction appears imminent as developers pull the building permits for a new Target store in Millington, part of what city officials hope is the start of bustling retail growth.
Several suburban officials noted they pretreated major roads with a salt and sand mixture. While they continue to treat them, that mixture only works when temperatures are approximately 20 degrees.
Dagen asked residents to stay home as crews work to clear the suburb’s roads.
At Lightfoot Farmstead in Millington, family members are waking up in the middle of the night to make sure a pregnant cow doesn’t go into early labor.
The commission initially planned to only pay the back rent for Wanda Halbert’s Shelby County Clerk’s Office, but decided Monday to approve money for future rent, too.
“Buckle up and start your engines, Millington, because it’s go time.”
After years of inactivity, the former Memphis International Raceway is about to get a facelift and a new lease on life.
After years of vacancy and deterioration, Millington has begun renovation of one of its oldest structures – the Harrold Building -- updating and repairing the space that has served as everything from a slaughterhouse to Old Timers Restaurant.
The raceway is on the verge of a comeback after the International Hot Rod Association purchased the racetrack between Memphis and Millington.
While Halbert is now cooperating, County Commission Chair Shante Avant said she may call a special meeting of the body if the cooperation stops.
Families at Lucy Elementary have known a change was coming. But MSCS officials recently proposed giving the school to Millington this summer, a year early.
Memphis-area school board elections will be partisan next year.
Target’s plan for a new store in Millington is moving forward with the big-box retailer buying 11 acres for $2.3 million.
Millington City Manager Frankie Dakin and Millington Chamber of Commerce Director Chris Thomas discussed the suburb’s growth and unique development history on “Behind The Headlines.”
Bartlett became the latest suburb to put term limits on its elected officials, holding them to a trio of four-year terms.