Germantown’s Planning Commission denied a Waffle House on the south side of the suburb but favored a rezoning request on Poplar Pike.

Topgolf is bringing more dwellings south of Germantown. One real estate investor believes the entertainment venue picked a location that will drive its success.

The Germantown Municipal School District’s Board of Education met Wednesday, April 19, to discuss its budget.

Germantown-based Mid-America Apartments reported strong profits in 2022, a national report shared.

The city is expecting a 15% increase in its operating costs, but 56% of the spike is related to personnel.

Germantown is looking at tightening its regulations around property maintenance and noise.

A bank and a restaurant are opening in Germantown Village Square. However, a previously announced burger franchise will not open a local store.

Amy Lenkszus opened Sumits Yoga eight years ago. Now she’s expanding what the Germantown studio created, rebranding it as SANA Yoga under her direction, including licenses for new locations.

Among the 32 projects in the 2023-24 proposed budget are accessibility improvements at City Hall, a new roof and other upgrades at Germantown Community Theater and a number of school, intersection and road projects. 

Germantown began using its synthetic baseball fields this week. The turf fields are the first in the city’s park system.

Kennon Vaughan was hospitalized following the crash for treatment of his injuries and returned home to Memphis on Feb. 10, where he continues to recover with physical therapy. 

“The biggest challenge we are going to face in education moving forward is defining the intent of our legislators.” 

When a teacher’s engagement ring goes missing, a Dogwood student digs into finding it.

Two teens facing aggravated kidnapping charges in connection with an attempted abduction at Saddle Creek face additional offenses in separate cases.

The cosmetics retailer and Mexican eatery will be the newest shops to join the retail options at the Shops of Saddle Creek.

Officers found two male shooting victims. One was transported to Regional One Health in critical condition and the other was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Bartlett in non-critical condition.

After 4-and-a-half years, a judge finally decided Tuesday on the rezoning decision Germantown made on the 19.77-acre site near Neshoba Road, Germantown Road and Cordova Road.

Both suburbs unanimously passed similar resolutions in their respective meetings Monday, taking a formal yet strong stance on the matter.

One of the courses, African American Literature, will review literary contributions of African Americans from the early 1600s through the modern United States.

Germantown’s Industrial Development Board formally terminated a tax incentive for a project that is not moving forward.

The city’s sales tax revenue is strong despite concerns of a possible recession when the budget was developed last year.

“No pursuit is worth the loss of innocent life,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said.

Germantown’s former city administrator will receive a Tennessee state award for his commitment to continuous improvement.

Suburban home sales dipped in 2022, and new home sales remained low compared to the previous year.