Suburban schools close Tuesday after snow covers Shelby County
Many suburban school districts will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, after significant snowfall blanketed Shelby County.
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Many suburban school districts will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, after significant snowfall blanketed Shelby County.
All six suburban districts and the University of Memphis campus are closed due to the threat of winter precipitation.
Suburban real estate remained strong in the pandemic as prices increased in the seller’s market. Germantown and Collierville saw a large increase in the percentage of homes sold.
Each time the Shelby County Health Department announces more locations for vaccination distribution, suburban spots are excluded.
Lakeland planning commission members are resisting smaller lots coming into the suburb, declining to send a project to the Board of Commissioners.
Former city manager Jim Atkinson and incumbent Wesley Wright make plans for their new four-year terms.
Challenger Kevin Quinn defeated incumbent Bartlett alderwoman Paula Sedgwick by a mere 61 votes in the suburb’s only contested alderman race, according to unofficial totals from the Shelby County Election Commission.
Both of the new spots will open next spring or summer.
The Lake District featured the potential townhomes on Sunday afternoon, an early residential aspect of the 160-acre mixed-use development in Lakeland.
In the midst of a pandemic, some suburbs continue to provide services as sales tax income fluctuates and developments remain steady.
A list of candidates seeking office in November. Candidates have the opportunity to withdraw by Aug. 27 if they decide they do not want to run.
When it comes to returning children to school or keeping them home during a world pandemic, school systems and parents must decide independently what's best for them.
Plans must be approved by the Tennessee Board of Education and Shelby County Health Department.
Several Lakeland parents and residents sent in statements supporting sending children back to the classroom this fall.
Committee chair Kim Louis hopes the panel will be a safe haven for black stakeholders to freely share concerns and to ensure equity and fairness.
Negotiations are underway to purchase the land for about $375,000, but officials say construction of an additional new school is not imminent.
Dr. Andrenette Fleming hoped to give a boost to local COVID-19 testing when she offered a limited number of tests last week at her Lakeland clinic.
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.
Shelby County residents headed to Shelby Farms on Sunday for the Celebrate Shelby family event to salute the county's bicentennial.
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.
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.
Lakeland could have new athletic fields for the middle school and the city’s growing number of youth leagues and teams by this time next year.
The pieces continue to fall into place for construction of Lakeland’s new high school, with commissioners Monday night approving a $45 million bond issue to begin work.
Lakeland is considering using video surveillance cameras at busy intersections to fight criminal activity.