Josephine Estelle is not the place to be watching carbs. It has nine housemade pastas on the menu, ranging from spaghetti with meatballs to agnolotti stuffed with rabbit.

Some may be annoyed by the sights, sounds and smells that accompany the Germantown Charity Horse Show, but not some of those who live near the festivities.

Josh Verma made it to the national spelling bee for the third straight year. Even though he was eliminated this week, the Farmington Elementary student deserves notice.

Football has given Germantown’s new coach plenty. Now, he’s aiming to give his all to the Red Devils.

Josh Verma’s quest to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee has come to an end.

A 13-year-old referendum is sparking a budget battle in some Memphis suburbs as school boards see flat funding despite higher property values. However, government officials say they can freeze the funding due to other ways they contribute.

Hendricks is resigning about six months before the end of the term as his family will relocate. He was appointed to the GMSD board in 2025 to finish the term of Dr. Daniel Chatham.

The approval “should not be misconstrued as consent,” as Germantown school leaders say there is still money that the city owes the suburban district.

A former FedEx office could become upscale medical campus. 

“We’ve always wanted a cocktail, steakhouse-y kind of restaurant,” said Andy Ticer of the second-floor bar at his and Michael Hudman’s new restaurant. 

Ron Vernon is stepping down as music director for Tennessee’s longest-standing community symphonic orchestra.

As the suburbs of Shelby County dissect their annual budgets for the coming fiscal years, there are many factors to consider, including schools and their financial plans.

Former Ridgeway coach replaces Gene Robinson, who had been at the school since 2020.

Germantown Municipal School District believes it is being shortchanged in the amount of money it has been given by the suburb. It holds that residents voted for the school district to receive more funds annually, as property values increase.

A Germantown board approved a new sanitation contract, and residents should see the price increase on their bill this summer.

Enrollment is trending downward across Shelby County’s suburban schools, and that impacts funding as the municipal districts are finalizing their budgets.

The rejection of changing Germantown’s charter to make the mayor a full-time position was overwhelming, leading some to think it was a message to incumbent Mike Palazzolo.

“The more they tried to explain it, the worse it got,” said Patrick Lawton, former Germantown city administrator. 

Nearly 33,000 people are registered to vote in Germantown, but only 3,513 have voted, according to the Shelby County Election Commission.

Now that early voting is complete, campaigners have one more shot on Tuesday’s Election Day to sway Germantown residents on whether the mayor should transition to a full-time job.

Kat’s Sourdough and Juice Bar owner Kat Alaina started her flour-based career as a gluten-sensitive mom who needed a bit of extra cash for her four kids’ Christmas presents. 

Germantown wants heavy community engagement as it develops its roadmap to 2050. The suburb has not pursued a plan of this scale in nearly 50 years.

The results means the Dragons will be the No. 1 seed for the district tournament — but they were by no means happy about it.

Lakeland officials are studying the question of changing the city’s form of government, but some officials are balking at one theory of the expert they brought to the table to outline what a change would mean.

Locally, two new voting representatives would come from Shelby County’s largest suburbs — Bartlett and Collierville.