New Day Children’s Theatre has returned with its summer show to give back to the community. This weekend students are performing “Les Misérables,” and the community is embracing its return.

The last major construction project at the school was more than 40 years ago.

Germantown is “setting aside” its vaccine mandate for full-time employees. The city announced Tuesday it would require all full-time staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as an employment policy.

Congressman David Kustoff addressed local impacts of some of President Joe Biden’s initiatives while visiting Germantown’s Rotary Club Wednesday. 

A recently passed state law is raising questions about Germantown’s recent vaccination requirement. However, the city believes the employment policy is not prohibited by state law.

The Germantown Planning Commission encouraged approval of a new phase of Thornwood which includes residential units and retail.

Emergency funds were used to repair a bridge on Chester Street in Arlington damaged by decades of erosion at the pillars.

Germantown will mandate vaccines for city employees with termination a possibility if they don’t comply. 

Some say that creating districts would help bring diversity to the town’s boards.

As the start of the school year approaches, Shelby County Schools and surrounding suburban districts are releasing guidelines on how they’ll reopen safely, amid rising COVID-19 cases and uncertainty around the Delta variant.

Germantown’s Board of Education will add a high school student to its board this fall. He or she will be selected by the Houston High principal and provide student insight to the board.

The Arlington and Lakeland school systems are preparing for the start of a school year that they hope will look much more normal than last year. 

Collierville’s mayor and aldermen took steps towards its next fire station and operating its own ambulance service.

A comprehensive traffic study is planned for incorporated Cordova, but crime was the main topic of discussion Tuesday evening. 

The sites are for future schools, looking 15 to 20 years down the road, Superintendent Ted Horrell said. 

Arlington and Bartlett school districts have announced safety protocols for the coming year even as they watch changing federal recommendations. 

Germantown aldermen approved more stringent guidelines in its solicitation ordinance, which requires a background check when obtaining a permit and other requirements.

A member of the Planning Commission is asking the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen to support conversations about removing a Confederate marker from Town Square Park.

Collierville Schools is also recommending students who are sick stay home.

Juni Ganguli will represent Latoshia Daniels, a Little Rock woman charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Brodes Perry. Perry was a pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.

The ordinance sets guidelines for peddlers, food trucks, ice-cream trucks and handbills, but most heavily addresses door-to-door solicitation. It passed two of three required readings in previous meetings.

According to Lakeland’s economic development specialist, a Downtown Memphis business owner who resides in Lakeland wants to bring a venue like Railgarten or Carolina Watershed to the suburb.

Germantown schools provided details of its COVID safety precautions for the coming school year. 

Master developer Bank of Bartlett will sell the property to an experienced commercial developer to bring the mixed-used project to completion.

“We don’t look good getting off the bus but there’s zero fear,” coach Carey Talley says as they open play in the U.S. Youth Soccer national tournament.