The new Collierville Fitness Center, formerly the DeSoto Athletic Club, is located inside the H.W. Cox Community Center.

Collierville Alderman John Stamps is seeking his third four-year term on the Memphis suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Two Collierville officials plan to run for mayor. But, first, they’ll have to step down from their current elected positions. 

Wanda Gibbs was appointed to the Collierville Board of Education in 2019. She pulled a petition Wednesday for her second four-year term.

Three candidates have already pulled petitions to run for Collierville mayor while three others are planning to run for the seat being vacated by Alderman John Worley. 

This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.

Current Mayor Stan Joyner, 74, announced last month that he would not run for office again. Two members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have filed petitions to run for the office.

Want to see sparks fly this week? There are fireworks shows planned for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Blank Beauty is co-nominated with partner Aptus DesignWorks, a Knoxville-area business, for a robot called Huey that makes custom nail polish colors in just two minutes for $9 a pop.

Evan Leake says it may not be the town but rather his family based on a document more than a century old.

When restaurateur Kirk Cotham saw the empty restaurant space in The Shops at Carriage Crossing last year, he and his business partner dreamed big and came up with Nashoba.

The town combined its development director and economic development director positions into “more of a growth management role.”

Evan Leake said the town has never truly owned the property and claims the Leake and Irby families bought it after the Civil War.

Candidates for suburban races in the Nov. 5 election continue to pull petitions with an interest in various government and school board offices.

A former Collierville officer had his service weapon while working as an armed security officer at a secondary job.

Memphis is represented by five swimmers competing this week at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis.

Candidates for suburban races on the Nov. 5 ballot began seeking signatures on the petitions this week to run for office.

James Lewellen, former Collierville town administrator, said Stan Joyner’s decision not to run marked “the end of an era.” 

Collierville residents feel the town has listened but not taken action to address flooding concerns on their street.

The Town of Collierville’s review also cited a number of issues with the Black firefighter who filed the complaint, saying he was difficult to get along with in the closed environment of the fire station.

The coach won back-to-back state titles while at Rossville Christian School.

“Reported violent crime, reported property crime and overall crime is down,” Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, said. “I don’t think most people feel it yet, and the way people feel is very, very important.”

Three former Memphis-area high school baseball players had a front-row seat for one of the wildest — and at the same time most inspirational — stories of the college baseball season.

The charges were dismissed after Keri Blair completed certain conditions she and her attorney negotiated with the state.

The budget is one of the most pivotal annual decisions by the suburb’s leaders as it funds the town’s day-to-day operations and outlines priorities for the coming year.