Thursday’s soccer match between visiting Houston and unbeaten Lausanne certainly had a playoff intensity about it. And although they’re in different divisions and won’t have to go through each other during the state tournament, each team showed it has what it takes to be a factor in late May.

Several mixed-use projects in Germantown are looking forward more than a year after the start of the pandemic.

Legislation impacting ownership and operation of Germantown’s legacy schools is on hold. It may be reconsidered in the 2022 legislative session.

Developers of the Germantown Country Club submitted a plan to Germantown that is slightly smaller than the one previously discussed.

The long-awaited West Tennessee Veterans Home in Arlington has moved onto the priority list, a step closer to reality.

GMSD’s board voted for the administration to proceed with an application for a standalone virtual school.

The $19.25 million for the upcoming fiscal year directs more money to teachers and maintenance of future athletic fields.

The board will take final action on David Skinner’s property rezoning request at Poplar and Forest Hill-Irene during its April 26 meeting. 

Later this year, the new amphitheater will host concerts, weddings, birthday celebrations, family reunions, church functions and other events.

Germantown will review its Public Arts Master Plan and host a public hearing regarding the rezoning of the David Skinner property in its virtual meeting Monday.

The House is scheduled to hear legislation related to Germantown’s namesake schools Monday, but language affecting the 3Gs won’t be part of it.

Tyra Nabors is a state champion, Kylan Bernard an up-and-comer; both are setting the early standard for the Panthers.

Lakeland has become the latest local municipality to ban new gas station development, with city commissioners Thursday night, April 8, approving unanimously a six-month moratorium on such projects.

A bill regarding the three Germantown namesake schools that appeared dead when it failed in the state Senate education committee Wednesday, got new life after Sen. Brian Kelsey amended the measure.

Seeking more control over gas stations and convenience store locations, the Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted a one-year moratorium on the businesses.

Germantown’s Planning Commission encouraged approval of a softball facility for the Houston Mustangs. The site plan will move to the suburb’s Design Review Commission.

Lovesac will open its first Mid-South showroom at Shops of Saddle Creek South in Germantown later this month.

Lakeland officials think the continued growth of the suburb should make it attractive to potential businesses and is willing to listen to an advisory group about that recruitment.

Unique water towers around the country offer inspiration for City of Germantown.

In its second year, the JROTC program at Arlington High, provides students with a stepping stone to a military career. It teaches life skills, too.

Collierville Schools is adding a layer of protection at its high school this week. Students will be given badges and asked to wear them during the school day.

On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, state Rep. Mark White acknowledges the bill doesn’t address many of the complexities of the local schools merger and demerger that kept the three namesake Germantown schools in the Shelby County Schools system.

The fight over the controversial Byhalia Connection oil pipeline has moved into a new arena: The federal court system.

One Germantown resident has won a prestigious national award for her watercolor portfolio.

Collierville is moving forward in hopes to open the district’s 10th school, Collierville Virtual Academy. The board approved the application, and the district submitted it to the state.