Conrad Pearson will stay in Germantown but not move to a site as it had planned.

As Bartlett Mayor David Parsons transitions into his new role as the suburb’s mayor, he has nominated appointees for the city’s major departments.

After consideration of a number of sites and growing cramped quarters at City Hall, the Lakeland School System has started the process of searching for a new district office.

Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen granted a rezoning request allowing for Orgill to expand in the suburb.

Mayor Ken Adams wants funding for road projects, help with improvements on the airport and other help in his request to the Mississippi Legislature for this session.

The landfill in Collierville appears to be closing, according to state officials, a move that could end years of complaints against the operation.

While Helen of Troy announced a 10% worldwide workforce reduction this week, the layoffs should not have a significant impact on the company operations in DeSoto County.

When complete, it’s expected to generate $4 million in wages for 70 employees. 

Baptist Memorial Health Care provided an early look Thursday at its new free-standing emergency department in Arlington near the Interstate 40 exit.

With a new set of election days looming in DeSoto County, officials are looking at new equipment, new voting locations and hoping to increase pay for poll workers.

Improvements are planned to help mitigate traffic concerns near Topgolf Memphis.

Bartlett Planning Commission endorses residential aspects of Union Depot, the development planned for the former Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home.

After years of pursuing adequate Internet service across DeSoto County, the Board of Supervisors have approved a plan that should upgrade underserved areas in the next three years.

Authorities have identified the suspects in the Collierville shoplifting case that led to an officer firing at a fleeing car.

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The incident began with a shoplifting call in the Collierville Crossing shopping center. 

Seventeen candidates filed qualifying papers on Tuesday as the DeSoto County election season kicked off for a variety of offices later this year.

The DeSoto County board of Supervisors selected Ray Denison as its president for this year with Lee Caldwell moving into the vice president’s role.

Lakeland and Bartlett have challenges they will encounter in 2023 and the suburbs need to address those as growth continues in Northeast Shelby County.

Germantown Municipal School District opened its 42,974-square-foot addition at the school — a project that began three years ago. 

While these areas might bear the brunt of that area’s aging infrastructure, it’s not limited to them. 

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As Leonard’s Pit Barbecue celebrates 100 years in business, the iconic pork palace is looking at a new location in Bartlett.

Horn Lake will begin its registry of rental properties in the DeSoto County city next week as a way to gain better control of the growing trend.

The bulk of residents in the suburbs inside Shelby County have water supplied by the individual cities and have not come under the MLGW precautions.

The solar farm will be on vacant land in the Walls area. 

Northcentral Electric Cooperative has canceled the temporary outages that will affect DeSoto and Marshall counties.