“This event is really about people coming out and having a really great time in DeSoto County without having to spend a lot of money.”

“Basically, every teacher would move up the equivalent of four steps in one year,” Lakeland School System Superintendent Ted Horrell said at a budget work session for the coming fiscal year.

Germantown may have another moratorium, but not about apartments. The Planning Commission said Tuesday night it supports the temporary pause on businesses such as vape shops, CBD businesses and shooting ranges.

The city’s aldermen voted Tuesday, April 2, to approve an ordinance that establishes a three-strike system for businesses visited by police due to an on-site disturbance.

Board Chairman Wright Cox said the early enthusiasm is what he expected when Russell Dyer was tapped for the role.

Bartlett’s planning commission endorsed a couple of church projects at its meeting this week, including adding a school to Christian Life Church.

Removing developer Yehuda Netanel from The Lake District project east of Canada Road seems headed to its conclusion.

Collierville officials broke ground on the suburb’s newest and biggest fire station, which will be right across from the high school on East Shelby Drive. Collierville hasn’t opened a new station since 2001.

Spencer Lane’s taste of Duck Donuts “felt like fate.” He’s satisfying his craving with a new shop for the Memphis community.

Leaders of the Memphis suburb intend to avoid a property tax increase for the coming fiscal year that begins in July.

Governments across the suburbs are starting the annual springtime reviews of proposed spending, anticipated revenues and what program are important enough to receive funding in the fiscal year.

There are some minor hiccups regarding the actual first day of the YMCA taking over the Bartlett Recreation Center, but the transition should be completed next month.

Imperfections aren’t impediments for middle schoolers Jacob Fondren and Silas Bawcum.

Bartlett’s American Paper Optics is on a mission to bring eye safety to millions of people viewing the April 8 total solar eclipse. Small Business Administration official Isabel Guzman visited the company Wednesday, March 27. 

The lawsuit accuses Collierville of an illegal denial, causing harm to site trustee Bob Cartwright.

Lakeland officials say the necessity of finishing a road could help ease traffic in some nearby neighborhoods.

Collierille’s mayor and aldermen got a first look at conceptual floorplans for the library expansion on Monday afternoon.

“I hope that people are keeping score at home and try to pay attention to what’s happening to this guy,” said the DeSoto County district attorney.

“If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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Two men were arrested following a shootout and chase with law enforcement that spanned two DeSoto County cities and ended with a standoff at a Southaven warehouse. 

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There are several hurdles Principle Toyota must overcome before it could relocate to Collierville.

Hamilton Road was blocked off Monday morning as multiple law enforcement agencies from DeSoto County made the scene. 

Bluff City Pickleball, the first indoor pickleball facility in Memphis, officially opens at the former Malco Bartlett Cinema, transforming all 10 theaters, the concession stand and projector rooms.

DeSoto County supervisors boost budget for expansion of the Southaven convention facility from $35 million approved in 2021, to $84.1 million.