Collierville Schools said more than 70 students have contracted COVID-19, causing 241 students to quarantine. About 11.16% of Collierville students opted out of masking.

Suburban school districts are no longer requiring mask mandates for students, in line with Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order. However, the Shelby County mandate still affects staff.

The former Germantown Country Club has closed. It is now officially owned by Farmington-Kimbrough Development Group.

While Shelby County’s population only grew by 1%, the suburbs reflected much higher percentages of population growth across the board.

The church is home to one of the city’s handful of Stephen Ministries, a program that pairs a person suffering from loss with their own trained lay person for a year.

A gathering for Collierville residents to discuss the school mask mandate ended before it began. The parents and others gathered at Suggs Park got up and walked to their cars when members of the media arrived.

Lakeland has seen a growing use of unauthorized motor vehicles, such as golf cars, on city streets and want to concentrate on enforcing the laws against it.

Memphis Record Pressing LLC credits the resurgent popularity of vinyl records for its plans to expand in Bartlett and Memphis.

Five of the Shelby County suburban districts saw some of the top achievements in results for TCAP, the state-mandated testing.

With last year’s pandemic curbing convention business, Exhibit-A decided to expand its services, opening Flash Signs on Airline Road in Arlington earlier this summer.

More than three years ago, the United States Postal Service mandated cluster mailboxes be installed in every new project, from apartments to single-family developments. And that’s causing problems for area developers. 

The vote on the resolution was unanimous. Bartlett officials hope this will keep the salaries and benefits more in line with nearby municipal governments.

Protests from suburban parents continued Tuesday, although gatherings were smaller than those that occurred Monday.

Collierville Schools board members will receive a pay raise, the first for board members since the district’s inception.

The city of Germantown prides itself as a process-driven city. The process was not followed for a portion of the Germantown Greenway project, which led to a forced departure of a city department director.

A number of residents expressed their disdain of Germantown’s vaccine policy it issued and removed last week. 

While other districts struggle with trying to appease parents over whether students should wear masks, Bartlett City Schools will continue to follow the direction of the county Health Department.

Collierville will enforce masking at its schools. Students who do not mask will be sent home.

Parents in Collierville are divided on the Shelby County Health Department’s mandate and the district’s decision to align its guidelines accordingly. 

Donelson Elementary School of Arlington Community Schools will be closed this week due to a COVID-19 outbreak among teachers, and Collierville Municipal Schools leaders said their duties don’t include enforcing the health department’s mask mandate.

Some of the key players in Lakeland’s economic development met this week to start establishing a plan for the suburb’s future, particularly along prominent roads.

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.