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.

City officials are looking for ways to finance park improvements despite the defeat of a tax dedicated to that purpose. 

A warming shelter has opened in DeSoto County due to extreme cold, and Northcentral Electric Cooperative has canceled rolling blackouts.

The Board of Aldermen voted 7-0 for the application submitted by Amji Investments LLC, which wants to create a destination RV park with a lake and up to 85 vehicle slots.

An individual has been arrested in the alleged killing of former Northpoint football standout Christian Saulsberry.

Germantown didn’t have to go all the way to the North Pole when the city’s official Santa Claus retired. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Millington Municipal Schools District approved an agreement transferring ownership of Lucy Elementary by June 2027.

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The Villa Castrioti story starts in Cordova in 1989, when Adam and Julie Papriniku opened it in Trinity Commons. 

New restaurant owners Alicia and Brad Glover aren’t going to waste any time in bringing a popular Arlington restaurant spot back to life.

Olive Branch has until 2026 to complete improvements in the annexed areas. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools will transfer Lucy Elementary to Millington Municipal School District by June 2027.

Collierville Schools is increasing tuition for those attending the district’s schools and living outside the suburban limits beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

Mayor Chip Johnson wants feedback from vendors, residents and customers regarding the rolling restaurants before city officials serve up regulations.

According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Edmonton Elks wide receiver Christian Saulsberry was shot by a Memphis suspect. 

The 3G transfer might be one of the final stages of a saga that saw the brief merger of all Shelby County children under a single school system and the six municipalities’ subsequent secession and creation of their own districts.

A mostly new batch of faces began their service on the Lakeland Municipal Planning & Design Review Commission on Thursday, Dec. 15.

GMSD was the fourth and final vote by a government entity needed to approve the agreement regarding Germantown namesake schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools within the suburb’s boundaries.