Suburbs
State senator explores carving new suburban judicial district out of Memphis
Sen. Brent Taylor is exploring concepts and asking questions about separating the Shelby County suburbs and Memphis into different judicial districts.
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Abigail Warren is a lifelong resident of Shelby County and a graduate of the University of Memphis. She has worked for several local publications and covers the suburbs for The Daily Memphian.
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Sen. Brent Taylor is exploring concepts and asking questions about separating the Shelby County suburbs and Memphis into different judicial districts.
The Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen granted two extensions for residential subdivisions Monday evening. Both were given six months.
Big Oak Park in eastern Shelby County will help serve the youth baseball community in the Memphis area.
As short-term parking and curbside pickup options are more abundant post-pandemic, Germantown is asking businesses to be uniform.
After serving eight years as superintendent of Cleveland (Tennessee) City Schools, Russell Dyer is coming back to Collierville to replace Gary Lilly, who retired from the position.
Charles Green, a former teacher who’s a member of the Collierville Planning Commission, will fill the Collierville Schools Board of Education vacancy until the Nov. 5 election.
Whether or not the cyberattack on Germantown’s technology systems was ransomware is part of the criminal investigation.
Principle Toyota is considering relocating to west Collierville, but the suburb’s Planning Commission was not favorable to the move.
The longtime Collierville teacher died Jan. 16 at her home in Olive Branch.
The FBI is assisting with a criminal investigation of the attack. However, the city has shared limited details due to the ongoing investigation.
A proposed draft ordinance would make Germantown’s mayor the “executive head of the city,” and he or she would not be allowed to have other employment.
Germantown residents have local elections this fall. There are three aldermen positions and three school board seats on the Nov. 5 ballot.
Germantown Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday was full of celebrations for students, the board and its superintendent.
Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen has chosen eight people to interview for school board. The person will serve until November.
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.