The aldermen unanimously approved the amended outline plan for The Standard Germantown, formerly known as Carrefour at The Gateway.

The Southaven Police Department is in the process of the final stages of seeking qualifying for state accreditation of the force.

Collierville’s mayor and aldermen ratified the PILOT that the Industrial Development Board approved last month.

DeSoto County officials plan to change some addresses for a new section of Holly Springs Road to end years of problems caused by flash flooding in the area. The change could be annoying for residents affected.

In an effort to control where smoking and vaping products are sold in Lakeland, the city’s commissioners have amended their ordinance to allow the businesses only in industrial districts.

In addition to navigating state mandates, cannabis companies will need to comply with municipal rules, and, in some cases, county government regulations.

After three years of operation through the challenges of a pandemic, Germantown Pharmacy has been successful enough to outgrow its space on Exeter Road. The business has relocated to 7465 Poplar Ave.

Four members of Germantown’s Harvest Church were killed in a plane crash in Yoakum, Texas, leaving behind church leaders, family members and community officials. 

“We have a great market, but we’re in a situation where we need to slow it down a little bit because we can get overdone in this area.”

The project was originally approved for 168 age-restricted units, and developers now want to increase that to more than 400.

The suburbs in northeast Shelby County are preparing master plans in anticipation of improvements to the parks in their respective cities.

The 18-acre site is zoned residential and a 38-lot subdivision was once approved for the area, but only three homes were ever developed. 

A meeting on Friday in Hernando will outline the extension of broadband services to the underserved areas of DeSoto County. Officials will explain the anticipated timeline for the extension to homes and what residents can expect.

With higher interest rates as a deterrent and the rising cost of materials, single-family residential starts dipped in DeSoto County.

Steve Tucker, who was piloting a plane near Yoakum Municipal Airport when it crashed, killing him and three other passengers, was president of a saddle company located across the street from the small Texas town’s airport. 

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Many of the trees coming off the Germantown Country Club site will not be shipped off to a landfill. Farmington-Kimbrough Development Group wants the wood to be used for a new purpose.

Later Wednesday morning, an update from the church said the sole survivor was breathing on his own and communicating through writing.

Kroger in Germantown will not be allowed to sell beer Monday through Thursday, Jan. 16-19, 2023.

Bartlett aldermen approved more than two dozen of Mayor David Parsons appointees, ushering in a new wave of department leaders.

Collierville High School has flight simulators, but a new program will take students above and beyond. 

“I had sticker shock,” Olive Branch Mayor Ken Adams said. “I would have thought we could put up five traffic lights for that much.”

A state senator from DeSoto County wants to put a penalty in the law that addresses people who put a false address on file to attend schools in the North Mississippi county.

The art installation usually last between four and six months. Germantown is one of about 30 cities to have the blue trees.

The group hope the expansion in Arlington will draw more specialists to provide services to the growing northeast Shelby County community.