Protests from suburban parents continued Tuesday, although gatherings were smaller than those that occurred Monday.

Collierville Schools board members will receive a pay raise, the first for board members since the district’s inception.

Collierville will enforce masking at its schools. Students who do not mask will be sent home.

Parents in Collierville are divided on the Shelby County Health Department’s mandate and the district’s decision to align its guidelines accordingly. 

New Day Children’s Theatre has returned with its summer show to give back to the community. This weekend students are performing “Les Misérables,” and the community is embracing its return.

Some say that creating districts would help bring diversity to the town’s boards.

Collierville’s mayor and aldermen took steps towards its next fire station and operating its own ambulance service.

A member of the Planning Commission is asking the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen to support conversations about removing a Confederate marker from Town Square Park.

Collierville Schools is also recommending students who are sick stay home.

Juni Ganguli will represent Latoshia Daniels, a Little Rock woman charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Brodes Perry. Perry was a pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.

The Target closed June 12 following a fire on a grocery aisle in a back corner of the store.

Collierville is studying land near the square for a potential parking garage. Residents living nearby have concerns about its impact on their homes and the historic area.

Staff will complete a site assessment, preliminary plan, cost estimates and explore the possibility of tax increment financing (TIF) to pay for any debt that may be incurred by the town.

Collierville leaders will consider pursuing a parking garage and hotel near Town Square Park. Suburban staff and business owners say that those will make the square a destination.

The Collierville location will reopen July 19. It closed in June after a fire in the store’s grocery section.

Fireworks flashed over Collierville’s sky for fewer than 20 minutes Saturday night, but for the experts who executed the demonstration, the process began three days ago at H.W. Cox Park. 

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Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower visited Collierville on Tuesday. During his visit, he provided guidance on American Rescue Plan funds to local government and school leaders.

Collierville Schools’ Board of Education will review revisions to its grading policy Tuesday. The proposal also eliminates some measures taken due to the pandemic.

The Bluff City Balloon Jamboree officially kicks off Saturday, but Friday night it held a special event for some families.

About 25 balloons will fly over Collierville and be visible for many residents.

Collierville adopted its 2021-22 budget Monday. To support the budget, aldermen also approved a tax rate of $1.72.

Collierville’s Target is closed after a weekend fire. There is no set reopening date, but the closure is expected to be about a month.

Jason Crews is proposing a mixed-use development of more than 250 acres on the west side of town. Aldermen had some concerns and met with Crews and his representatives in a work session.

Tyler Salyer has been appointed principal of West Collierville Middle School after spending the last four years at Collierville Elementary School.