Summer program offers more enjoyable ways for Arlington and Lakeland students to keep pace or catch up on studies after a tough academic year.

Arlington’s Design Review Committee approved a new office building Tuesday but wanted more revisions to a gas station/convenience store project so it would more closely conform to the town’s character.

Arlington officials approved the initial proposal of a $1.28 property tax rate. Meanwhile, an emergency department and a veterans home also were approved.

The program started after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this year the extension of waivers allowing children to continue receiving nutritious meals after schools let out for the summer.

A pair of World War II veterans reminded a crowd of more than 100 what makes Memorial Day special during an annual service at Arlington Cemetery Monday, May 31.

As coronavirus shots become available at drugstores and doctor’s offices, the need for the drive-thru serving Bartlett, Lakeland and Arlington has diminished, said Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald.

SCSO said a body was found Wednesday, May 19, in woods off of Interstate 40. 

The Arlington school board gave Superintendent Jeff Mayo high marks for his inaugural year leading the suburban district.

The Arlington Planning Commission unanimously approved the initial plans for two major medical projects — the Baptist freestanding emergency department and the West Tennessee Veterans Home.

A nice crowd gathered on a nice evening to open Arlington’s Music on the Square concert series, featuring the Brian Johnson Band.

For more than a century, S.Y. Wilson and Co. has served as an anchor for Arlington’s Depot Square. But the sales approach has been updated with new owners.

Despite a tough year of uncertainties, Arlington is still adding businesses, industry and population

Arlington is considering inclusion of welcome signs at entrances to the town on main roads – signs that tend to get removed after plans in the budget each year.

Arlington officials approved the new fiscal year budget on first reading, increasing the amount by $1.3 million. The property tax rate will be decided late next month.

Taco Bell is relocating in Arlington, part of the changing landscape of convenience food options in the northeast Shelby County community.

The property, a half-block off Depot Square, is the oldest church in Arlington.

With continued growth in Arlington and northeast Shelby County, Crye-Leike plans a strip center on Airline Road near Arlington High.

The long-awaited West Tennessee Veterans Home in Arlington has moved onto the priority list, a step closer to reality.

Later this year, the new amphitheater will host concerts, weddings, birthday celebrations, family reunions, church functions and other events.

Seeking more control over gas stations and convenience store locations, the Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted a one-year moratorium on the businesses.

In its second year, the JROTC program at Arlington High, provides students with a stepping stone to a military career. It teaches life skills, too.

Bartlett Fire Chief Terry Wiggins said the plan is to administer about 3,500 shots each week – over seven weeks that would be about 24,500 total inoculations.

The available doses were initially earmarked just for school employees from the Arlington, Lakeland and Millington municipal districts. Some town employees, day care center employees and senior citizens 65 and up in the Arlington area were later added.

With generations of work as a foundation and decades of experience in the homebuilding business, David Goodwin Jr. is setting the residential landscape in Arlington.

Revisions made to Providence Place in Arlington receive endorsement from the town’s Planning Commission, bringing the project more in line with today’s commercial market.