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Bringing down the house parties: Why communities struggle to tame the commotion

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 10, 2025 10:11 AM CT | Published: August 10, 2025 4:00 AM CT

Barry Sturghill of Collierville likes to return home from his pharmacy job and relax, but there have been nights as he was going to bed loud music outside his window kept him awake.

A house on Mayfield Road, across the street from Sturghill in The Lakes of Forest Hill, has been the site of multiple paid parties, he said. 

“It’s chaos,” he said.

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Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.


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