Facing the financial challenges of governments everywhere, DeSoto County and its four major cities are crafting financial plans to address the needs in the coming fiscal year.

Collierville school leaders took a formal stance on the third-grade retention law.

Once the more than 80 cameras and docking stations arrive, Germantown police officers will undergo special training.

With a desire to help with personnel, employee pay and infrastructure, Thomas Stephen Jr. is part of a four-candidate race seeking Bartlett’s Position 2 alderman office.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville hopes to add services for seniors at its suburban campus.

Isn’t it time for MLGW to expand their board representation to include the entire service area instead of restricting voting membership to Memphis?

With studies showing benefits of students starting classes later in the morning, several districts are studying the move.

A Nashville band with a very Memphis ethos and a keyboard player who has performed with The Rolling Stones, John Mayer and George Harrison are coming to the Germantown Performing Arts Center this fall. 

“Our school board — even though it’s fairly new — is in desperate need of a refresh,” Chelsea Glass said. She attended Collierville schools, and is the mother of two school-age children.

A seven-year resident of Collierville, Fulmer aims to unseat Alderwoman Missy Marshall for Position 4 on the suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen. 

Papa Murphy’s in Olive Branch has created the “Mayor Ken,” a pizza named after Mayor Ken Adams. 

Repaving of Southaven streets — a priority of Mayor Darren Musselwhite — has $4 million budgeted for the new asphalt surface.

Germantown’s Judge Raymond Clift Jr. is retiring, effective Sept. 1, after more than four decades.

The qualifying deadline for the Nov. 8 election was Thursday at noon. In addition to the federal and state elections, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland are holding municipal elections.

Angela Griffith has decided to seek another four-year term.

Mike Miller plans to open his fourth Let It Fly next summer, in Southaven’s Silo Square.

Collierville alderman Billy Patton has decided to seek another term, three days before the filing deadline.

Olive Branch’s young professionals can go to Memphis for entertainment, but would like to see more things to do in their DeSoto County city.

Construction work could begin in September for the facility near Germantown Road at Winchester Road.

A loss by DeSoto County could end up being an expensive venture.

Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo said safety improvements could be headed to Riverdale Park. Park upgrades were planned, but the mayor asked city staff to specifically look at better drainage options.

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Volunteers at the FedEx St. Jude Championship will be given purple ribbons to celebrate the life of Will Drennan — a former volunteer who died saving a child from a sudden flood Tuesday night. 

Walker says “never in a million years” would he have guessed back in 2014 when he began working on Lakeland’s audits as a CPA and senior manager with Watkins Uiberall, PLLC, that he would one day end up the city manager of Lakeland.

Incoming Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend spoke Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the Collierville Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.

Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman lost a bet on voter turnout by a hair. A “38002 All-Star panel” discusses economic development for the suburb.