Business owners network and show off their wares at Bartlett event. For many, it’s a family affair.

A grant nearing $1.4 million will help Germantown Performing Arts Center cover costs the city traditionally paid through 2024.

Thursday’s election was the third time Tom Leatherwood and Lee Mills competed for the state seat.

The only incumbent not to hold onto his seat was Hugh Lamar for Position 3 on the Arlington Community Schools Board of Education.

Municipal judges in Germantown and Collierville sailed to reelection Thursday, Aug. 4 night. 

The overwhelming passage of a hotel-motel tax by Olive Branch voters opens more options for parks and recreation amenities

Judge Raymond Clift is taking a leave of absence, so Germantown is considering naming a temporary judge.

Betsy Landers has decided to step down from the Germantown Board of Education at the end of her current term. Landers was appointed to the board in 2016.

Olive Branch voters approved a 1% tax on hotel and motel room stays Tuesday to help fund improvements to the city park system.

Bartlett could soon have a tattoo and piercing parlor on North Germantown Road after the suburb’s planning commission endorsed the idea.

“That one dog can do the work that 20 investigators may not be able to do on their own,” said Deputy Chief Justin Smith.

Nesbit, Mississippi resident John Butler, who did not have a gym membership before, now goes every day, part of what may be his lifelong work to rebuild the 85% muscle mass he lost in his arms and chest.

Olive Branch city officials are gearing up for a referendum Tuesday, Aug. 2, on whether a 1% tax will be levied on hotel and motel stays, raising an estimated $500,000 annually for the park system.

The latest survey of residences revealed 3,758 households don’t have access to broadband or are underserved, meaning download speeds of less than 100 Mbps. 

Residents tour the new $50 million Lakeland Preparatory High School, which is ready to welcome students for classes Aug. 8.

A $30 million, mixed-use development featuring upscale shops, restaurants and boutiques, patterned in part after Silo Square in Southaven, is poised for approval in Hernando.

The Shelby Literacy Council grant denial will force the organization to pause its services in August, leaving nonprofit at risk of permanently closing.

A Collierville High alumna and Collierville Elementary parent is seeking a seat on the town’s board of education.

Lakeland was designated an adventure tourism district for the state of Tennessee in 2017.

Miccos serves milkshakes, sno cones — which are actually New Orleans-style “snowballs” — sundaes and more.

The father of three Collierville High graduates says he wants to further his service to the Collierville community, and is running for the suburb’s Board of Education.

State Senator talks development, workforce development and crime in Lakeland.

Arlington municipal school board candidates are strategizing their final campaign moves with Election Day just over a week away. 

In the spring, state leaders passed the “Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022,” which the Collierville School Board discussed at the Tuesday, July 26, meeting, as well as the potential name for the athletic facility. 

Dr. Daniel Chatham, a local pediatrician, plans to seek a seat on the Germantown Municipal School District Board of Education.