The election of Mike Cunningham as the new Lakeland mayor and questions about the future of a fire department have led Dennis Wolf to step aside as the suburb’s first fire chief before he actually took on the duties.

Incumbent Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo will serve another term after the Shelby County Election Commission certified him the winner of the Nov. 6 mayoral race by a 120-vote margin over challenger John Barzizza.

After more than a decade with only one hotel on the south side of Tenn. 385 near the Carriage Crossing center in Collierville, two new limited-service hotels are in various stages of development and a third hotel is under consideration.

As Collierville High School students prepare to wrap up their first semester in the $94 million new facility, one area of the school celebrated its formal dedication Monday night.

State Rep. Kevin Vaughan of Collierville will not run in the special election to fill the District 32 seat vacated by Mark Norris.

New management of The Shops at Carriage Crossing wants to enhance the pedestrian-friendly shopping center’s customer experience – a shifting of direction for the business district.

In his sixth bid for elected office in Germantown, Mayor Mike Palazzolo says he didn’t take challenger John Barzizza for granted.

An interest in law enforcement that began with participation in a Boy Scouts Explorer program has led to Kenneth Rowlett reaching the rank of captain in the Collierville Police Department.

Methods Machine Tools, a supplier of precision machine tools, automation and accessories, officially opened the doors of a new facility in Bartlett at 6700 Fletcher Creek Cove last week. 

Students in the Collierville Schools district may not have gotten a day off for the earlier-than-normal dusting of snow Wednesday, but the possibility opened the social media door for some good-natured lobbying of Superintendent John Aitken to postpone classes.

The winner of this year's Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award in Division 2-AAA will come from Memphis. The only question remaining is which of three local standouts will take home the state's top prize.

With visions of making Germantown’s central business district and surrounding areas more walkable, inviting and safe, several streetscape improvement projects are in progress or envisioned for the suburb.

No matter how close the race between incumbent Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo and challenger John Barzizza, there is nothing in state law that requires an automatic recount.

At least three Shelby Countians are weighing candidacy for a special election to fill the District 32 Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris for a U.S. District Court judgeship.

Lakeland Mayor-elect Mike Cunningham wants to find ways for the northeast suburb to heal after a contentious campaign that led to his victory Tuesday over incumbent Wyatt Bunker.

Challenger Mike Cunningham unseated incumbent Lakeland Mayor Wyatt Bunker on Tuesday in a victory that further strengthened an opposition group against the current administration. 

Based on the Shelby County Election Commission's number of provisional ballots from Germantown precincts, it appears unlikely challenger John Barzizza can overcome the 127-vote lead of incumbent mayor Mike Palazzolo.

Bartlett incumbent Mayor Keith McDonald and Position 2 Alderwoman Emily Elliott were returned to office Tuesday with easy victories in the suburb’s municipal election.

The Election Commission may have posted the final unofficial numbers, but Germantown mayoral challenger John Barzizza was unwilling to concede the election Wednesday given the close finish with incumbent Mike Palazzolo.

The closure of Target’s Cordova store could affect up to 173 employees, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice filed with the state of Tennessee.

Incumbent aldermen Maureen Fraser and Tom Allen were elected to new four-year terms Tuesday with easy victories in the Collierville town elections.

Arlington is moving forward with plans to build six tennis courts with an open lawn and other amenities.

As the season rolled along, it became clear that this Memphis women’s soccer team was going to chase history.

The new Collierville High School – with its price tag in the neighborhood of $100 million – was recognized Saturday night for its design, crowned “School of the Year” by the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA). 

Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.