A local author who has concentrated on writing about Alzheimer’s disease has pivoted to a 12-book series on youths who gain superpowers.

April Rucker has a new title to go with her job as principal at Southaven Intermediate School. She is also the Administrator of the Year for DeSoto County Schools.

Trinity Church, which has met in a gymnasium at Schilling Farms, will move its congregation westward to a home of its own.

Some suburban districts' grades were low due to Tennessee’s required growth for students with the most need.

Collierville is the only school in the area to offer aviation mechanics at the high school level.

Collierville added several improvements this week to enhance the safety in the town.

A DeSoto County Justice Court judge is facing her own legal problems after erratic driving and a detour through a front yard led to driving under the influence charges in Hernando.

Arlington is celebrating its 125th birthday by looking back at its origins, which includes food trucks, fireworks and a ribbon-cutting for a renovated home that is almost as old as the town. 

Olive Branch residents opposed a gas station and a new subdivision in the DeSoto County city, but officials thought the plans had significant benefits to approve them in a pair of split votes.

Collierville Town Square is not the only thing glowing brighter this season. South Houston Levee Road will soon be illuminated.

Officials in Bartlett and Arlington are hoping to entice developers to breathe life into vacant land and fund critical infrastructure needs.

Collierville opened its sixth fire station Tuesday. The station is the biggest in the suburb and features the county’s first Safe Haven Baby Box.

“This is not what I want,” Mayor Maureen Fraser said. “This is not what the Board of Mayor and Aldermen wants. This is what you, the community, wants.”

It’s the last full, holiday-free week of the year and time to get business done.

The dispatch center was useful in September 2021, when a shooter opened fire in a Kroger, and more than $800,000 worth of improvements aim to keep it “resilient.”

The Grant family name has become synonymous with homebuilding and development with a number of relatives involved for generations.

“I’ve been involved with The Lake District since 2012 and shepherded a lot of things through this,” a representative for the developer said, adding he could “see this development in my sleep or my nightmares.”

DeSoto County prosecutor Matthew Barton sends a message to criminals who wander into Mississippi to commit crimes — leave or face consequences.

Some said that Michael Lightman, who contributed to the real estate landscape of Memphis, had the “Midas touch.” 

Three candidates have announced their intentions for the Bartlett City Schools board positions in next year’s municipal elections.

The company’s relocation isn’t required until October of 2028. 

DeSoto County prosecutor Matthew Barton has a message for criminals coming from the north — your kind is not wanted in that county.

Lakeland leaders say the plan will allow the property to become the urban village that was originally envisioned. 

Families at Lucy Elementary have known a change was coming. But MSCS officials recently proposed giving the school to Millington this summer, a year early. 

City leaders have discussed the debt limit several times lately as Germantown Municipal School District seeks to make Houston — the only high school in the municipal district — comparable to other suburban districts’ high schools.