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Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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IKEA Memphis has partnered with Arlington Community Schools to help students learn about the inner workings of the business from design to budgeting to inventory management.
The Lakeland School System Board of Education has taken a stance on Gov. Lee’s voucher program, seeking equal standards for between public and private schools receiving the funds.
Pro Health’s services include weight-loss solutions, IV hydration infusions, testosterone replacement, sinus cocktail shots, sports physicals, B12 injections and more.
The covered 110-yard outdoor practice facility announced by Superintendent David Stephens is expected to cost between $2 million and $3 million. Stephens said he hopes to start the planning process later this year.
Several suburban officials have found a way to escape the pressures of day-to-day government by taking to the stage to perform.
Lakeland is pursuing condemnation of two parcels adjacent to a pair of recently razed hotels, creating more space for the Lakeland Community Center.
City Center Liquor has opened in Lakeland. The business is the suburb’s second liquor store and probably the last one until at least 2030.
Friction erupted when a Lakeland commissioner gave Mayor Josh Roman a piece of her mind over a last-minute addition to the meeting’s agenda.
With two new tenants — a restaurant and a coat store — the Bartlett Towne Center at Stage Road and Bartlett Boulevard is moving towards complete occupancy.
The Lakeland Municipal Planning and Design Review Commission endorsed the preliminary development plan for the newest phase of the project, located north of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange.
Way before the weather rolls in, Memphis-area school leaders are already considering the numerous factors that might lead them to close schools.
The horses are back in Shelby County for the first time in more than a decade, appearing at several area Kroger locations this week
With hopes to bring in much-needed staff, the Arlington board approved plans that would double the suburb’s Town Hall space.
The past two years have been a busy time for Lakeland Mayor Josh Roman. Overseeing a city as its mayor tends to take a lot of attention.
Sharonda Rose received recognition as the top school leader in the western district of Tennessee.
Currently, owners can have RVs or food trucks within the front of a house or garage.
Arlington’s principal said, “It looks like something off a college campus, so for us to have it here is just really exciting.”
David Stephens’ contract was extended recently, continuing his service at Bartlett City Schools for four more years. Stephens is the district’s only superintendent since its inception in 2014.
The Arlington Community Schools board put together its legislative agenda for the coming session with an emphasis on funding for special education and covering meals for students.
The district approved the $3.5 million acquisition of a 20,000-square-foot office building at 3009 Davies Plantation Road in October, and the deal closed last month.
Bartlett hires Lori Von Bokel-Amin to replace Ted Archdeacon as the personnel department becomes the human resources department.
A holiday tradition as real as Christmas carols, the Lions Club pecans are available around town with the proceeds helping those in need with hearing and vision surgeries.
The name of 9-year-old Brody Townsend will be attached to the suburb’s athletic complex as a lasting memory of a boy “whose life and resilience touched many.”
A new flow of funds to Lakeland will be used to build an early childhood center at the proposed community center, providing a much-needed service to the city.
“I am absolutely opposed to any kind of facility — whether it be a mosque, a church, a community center — anything on that part of Broadway ...” said one alderman.