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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Local horse owners and guests in town for equestrian shows will soon have more 24/7 emergency care access and offerings for their animals as the Tennessee Equine Hospital West in Arlington plans an expansion over the next year.
Running Pony's Telly Award-winning video will be distributed nationwide and features recognizable locations from six suburbs, including Collierville’s Town Square and Arlington’s historic S.Y. Wilson and Company store.
Continuing its aggressive growth strategy, Bartlett-based Kele Inc. has acquired its third company in the past three years by picking up Dallas-based Temperature Control Systems and expanding its reach across the central U.S.
The latest addition to Arlington's parks and recreation offerings is open with the recent ribbon-cutting for the town's new Forrest Street Park east of Depot Square.
Festival organizers said they want to introduce people in the "capital of barbecue and soul food" to alternative dining styles.
With aggressive growth plans, Surge Holdings Inc. has moved its company headquarters from Las Vegas to the Brother Boulevard corridor in Bartlett.
With an estimated cost of $400,000 and designed to last 30 years, Arlington’s new Playground of Dreams has opened at Hughes-College Hill Park near the historic Depot Square area of town.
Lakeland officials are hoping to have a commitment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture by early August on a development loan to fund construction of a proposed high school.
Amanda Tutor, a photography and visual arts teacher at Bartlett 9th Grade Academy, is one of nine finalists for the 2019-20 Tennessee Teacher of the Year award.
Freshman state Sen. Paul Rose recapped his first legislative session Tuesday in an appearance at the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce, discussing everything from the controversial fetal heartbeat bill to the budget to school vouchers.
With a motto of “Get Your Hands Dirty,” the Red Hook Cajun Seafood & Bar has opened at 6105 Stage Road in Bartlett and is already eyeing expansion to other parts of the Mid-South.
Against a backdrop of perfect summer weather and patriotic spirit in the air, an estimated 8,000 people turned out Wednesday night for Bartlett’s annual “Star Spangled Fireworks Extravaganza.”
The Collection at Lakeland, a mixed-use development that will include an Aldi grocery store and 15 single-family homes among other features, is coming to a 17-acre tract at Canada Road and U.S. 64 in Lakeland.
Brendalay Grill in Arlington is nearing the completion of a rebuild following a 2017 fire.
A possible 64-cent property tax increase remains in play for Lakeland homeowners after commissioners Wednesday night voted to keep that option available if needed to fund construction of a new high school.
Preliminary groundwork for new commercial development is about to get underway at Kirby Whitten Road just north of Stage Road in Bartlett.
After more than 12 years at its former location in Eads, Brink & White Pediatric Dental Associates has made the move to The Corner Shops in Lakeland at U.S. 64 and Canada Road.
After many years of debate over how to get a high school built in Lakeland, the path towards final approval on funding is now clear.
Ani Joe’s Karaoke Kafe in Bartlett features karaoke seven nights a week. Its owners, Anita Chu and fiancé Joe Torres, want it to be a fun place where people know one another.
The owner and clinic director of New Life Medical Center in Lakeland has moved the clinic to a larger location just down the road, remaining in the city to continue growing the practice.
With an estimated 3 million players across the U.S. and several hundred locally, pickleball is a fast-growing amateur sport.
A dream of producing the perfect soap earned a pair of Bartlett entrepreneurs recognition Tuesday as the Bartlett Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurs of the Year.
After five years of planning and fundraising, granite pieces have been ordered and architects are finishing plans for the Bartlett First Responders Monument.
Arlington approved a master development plan to construct new homes in the Wilson Lake area, one of the last infill parcels in the heart of Arlington.
Developer Yehuda Netanel gave Lakeland officials and the media an update on the 165-acre, $400 million mixed-use Lake District project that officially began Phase 1 grading work Tuesday.
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