Several schools return to in-person learning
It’s the first time students have attended in person school in Shelby County for nearly five months.
It’s the first time students have attended in person school in Shelby County for nearly five months.
Madonna Learning Center will welcome students back to school as early as Monday. Staff has prepared all summer to foster a safe environment where students learn and achievements are celebrated.
Protesters gather at Collierville Town Square and seek removal of Confederate references in the business district.
The Planning Commission endorsed Boyle Investment Company's proposal of 256 multi-family units at Schilling Farms. The Water Tower District will add townhomes, duplexes, triplexes and flats to Schilling Farms.
Memphis Oral School for the Deaf's unique teaching will resume next week as parents drop off their children. The school has taken additional measures to keep staff and students safe.
Collierville's Planning Commission is set to review the Water Tower District proposal Thursday night. The project would add 256 rental units to Schilling Farms, a mixed-use development.
The pandemic presents everyone with unique and unprecedented options. No school district has ever decided such matters, and there may not be a “one-size-fits-all” direction to take in this.
Engineered Medical Systems has already more than doubled the size of its facility from 40,000 to 92,000 square feet.
Collierville, Arlington and Germantown will continue contact sports for the upcoming school year as districts try to mesh sports and a pandemic.
Collierville released a new reopening plan for elementary students. allowing those in Pre-K through 5th to attend school five days per week.
When it comes to returning children to school or keeping them home during a world pandemic, school systems and parents must decide independently what's best for them.
The health of 33 assisted living residents is being monitored after a COVID-19 outbreak in Bartlett. In Shelby County as a whole, there have been five new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours.
Carlisle Corp.’s investment to bring Wendy’s to Arlington totaled more than $2 million.
The first challengers have emerged for alderman and Board of Education seats in Bartlett’s fall elections, as Kevin Quinn and Bradford Ratliff filed petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.
Changes to the bonding formula for new projects in Bartlett should result in savings for developers.
Collierville's Board of Education passed a resolution Tuesday night calling for five days a week of in-person classes, and giving the superintendent the ability to open schools in "the least restrictive manner" possible. The resolution will be sent to state legislators.
Some of Germantown's horses are now wearing masks. The new effort encourages residents to mask up as Shelby County Health Department has ordered.
The Board of Mayor approved rezoning a few acres of land once part of Forest Hill Elementary. The rezoning will move a water tower the city previously proposed on Forest Hill Elementary property.
Collierville's Board of Mayor and Aldermen declared an aldermanic vacancy Monday. The action was taken following the death of Tom Allen, who died last week.
Some parents protested the district’s new in-person option for five days per week. Others feel the district made a difficult call, but the right call.
District officials are also looking for community partners to help parents unable to be home with their school children.
President and CEO Wardell Seals Jr. says, "I want people to know how to save a life versus perform CPR.”
Collierville is expected to make changes to its school reopening plan. The changes are based on recommendations from the Shelby County Health Department.
Collierville's ballot is taking shape as many incumbents have pulled petitions. Collierville Board of Education, Position 3, is the only contested race.
Lowering the bond requirement will significantly lower the amount of money a developer would need to finance on the front end for any given project.