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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The mixed-use project just south of the Interstate 40 and Canada Road interchange is a hive of activity as crews finish the first batch of townhomes at The Willows at the Lake.
Memphis Escape Rooms is expanding its footprint, opening a location in Bartlett.
Bartlett Alderman David Reaves has resurrected the idea of a new county with the suburbs splitting from Shelby to create their own county or joining adjacent ones.
While there are six races on the Arlington municipal ballot this week, only one is contested with incumbent Jeremy Biggs facing the challenge of Don Hinkle for the Position 6 alderman’s seat.
When the suburban school districts started classes in 2014, it was a huge shift in local education. Now the districts are preparing to graduate students who began at their schools as kindergartners.
Incumbent Alderman Jeremy Biggs won his third term in Position 6 on the Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen in town’s only contested race Thursday, Aug. 6.
The second and final phase of the the Arlington Tennis Center expansion is set to begin, adding more sourts and parking.
With new four-year terms secured, several suburban school board members are focusing on the future of the municipal districts and hoping for fewer demands from the state.
The move potentially provides opposition for incumbent Mayor Josh Roman in the suburb’s general election.
Lakeland officials want control over future development in the U.S. 70 corridor so that growing neighborhoods can exist smoothly with commercial development.
Lakeland Commissioner Connie McCarter has entered the mayor’s race against incumbent Josh Roman, offering a contrast of style and direction of government.