Freelance Reporter
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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Kim Koratsky, the former deputy attorney for Shelby County, has been named Lakeland's new municipal court judge to replace Taylor A. Cates, who left last October to become chief prosecutor for Germantown.
Infill development activity is expected to get underway in the Bartlett Station area after the start of next year, as developer and building owner Charlie Hunter expands his Ferguson-Davis office and industrial property at 5786 Ferguson Road.
Major road projects are planned for Lakeland, Arlington and Bartlett over the next two years, most of them coming in response to accidents in treacherous areas as well as strong community growth over the past decade.
Two suburban schools, Arlington Middle and Bartlett Ninth Grade Academy, have won Apple Distinguished Schools designations for their use of innovative technology.
The next piece of Bartlett’s master plan to enhance the city’s connectivity is headed toward construction starting early next year. It’s one of several greenway projects preparing to move forward next year.
One of the only pediatric-specific medical practices in the Arlington area, Pediatrics East LLC, hopes to move into a much larger office by this time next year.
The inaugural Candy Cane Business Run this weekend will kick off the holiday season in Bartlett while drawing attention to local businesses.
Developers and builders say they're seeing continued strong demand for new homes in Lakeland and Arlington, a trend likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
The Memphis area needs to take advantage of its strengths and address its shortcomings to avoid falling behind in the medical device industry, those attending a gathering this week agreed.
Youth Villages is adding 200 staff members at its Bartlett campus in connection with a $22 million expansion of the nonprofit organization's intensive treatment center.
After years of planning and clearing various hurdles, the $400 million Lake District development is about to start coming out of the ground in Lakeland.
Lakeland commissioners Thursday night, Dec. 12, approved on first reading a zoning ordinance change that would pave the way for Delta Blues Winery to sell hard cider.
Lakeland commissioners Thursday night, Dec. 12, approved a contract with Allen & Hoshall to begin designing the Oliver Creek Sanitary Sewer Interceptor project, which city officials expect to be completed within five years.
Lakeland closed this week on funding for the new Lakeland Prep High School, moving the drive to add a high school to the city's school system a step closer to reality.
Celebrating his 10-year anniversary in business in Arlington this year, Arlington Physical Therapy LLC owner Matt Connell is wearing multiple hats heading into the New Year.
New breakthroughs and technologies are helping transform agriculture, and the Memphis area has become an innovation hub thanks to work being done at Agricenter International and local companies.
After running an online business for the past several years as a wellness coach, entrepreneur Natalia Baldizon is expanding with her first brick-and-mortar location.
Two Lakeland entrepreneurs have been operating an investment company for years. Now best friends Shanda Bearden and Amy Foster are starting off the New Year by opening their newest business venture, Nutrition Spot – Lakeland.
Brandon Rodriguez Ornela and his partners — a sister and a cousin — have opened Cool Beans Coffee Shop inside the Cordova International Farmer’s Market on Germantown Road. They hope for future expansion.
Youth Villages founder and CEO Pat Lawler is celebrating 40 years of working with children and families, and he’s even more enthused about his work today than at the start.
Construction 15 years in the making is finally right around the corner for the Lakeland Commons mixed-use project at U.S. 70 and Seed Tick Road.
A select group of local high school students is getting an inside look at the health care industry and the wide variety of careers available thanks to a new workforce development program at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett.
In business for 35 years this year, Exhibit-A Inc. is growing its U.S. trade show presence and considering expansion to Europe in the next couple of years.
Entrepreneurs Faith and Mark Lansdon, owners of the Voodoo Café Food Truck, are bringing a little bit of New Orleans to the Bartlett area with a brick-and-mortar store.
Arlington school chief has big news for board members.