LAKELAND — A two-vehicle collision on U.S. 64 left one person dead and three injured on Thursday, Oct. 26, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. It was at the intersection with Rockcreek Parkway. Tylen D. Yancey, 21, was driving the first vehicle, a 2016 Ford Mustang, and was injured in the crash. His passenger, Mario Bell […]

The 2017 TSSAA football regular season came to a conclusion this past Friday. The first Friday of November in Tennessee means playoff time across the Volunteer State. By the time the night concludes on the first Saturday in December, there will be nine State champions ranging from the six classifications in Division I to the […]

The Shelton family had truly "Incredible" costumes at the Faith Fall Harvest Festival, held Sunday at Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The event was open to the public and featured a chili cookoff, trunk-or-treat, games, food, face painting and a haunted house. See more about the church at faithcpchurch.org. Photo by Amanda Swain.

Nearly 150 volunteers from FedEx Corporation visited Youth Villages residential campuses on Oct. 27 for FedEx Cares Day, part of their United Way Campaign. The volunteers participated in various activities with the children, including playing basketball and decorating pumpkins. Photo by Scott Steele.

The Dragons’ 40-21 loss to Arlington on Friday was the last game that Mike O’Neill, Collierville’s head football coach of the past seven years, will coach this season. Diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the throat, he went to Houston Monday with his wife for treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center. The muddy victory gave […]

A Bartlett resident complained Oct. 24 about a bed-and-breakfast she believes is disrupting her neighborhood. Patsy Dawson, who lives on Oak Walk Lane, wants the board to remove and prevent this kind of commercialization in a residential area. “We live in Oak Forest, a nice neighborhood, and we don’t need that in our neighborhood,” she […]

More than 20 owners in Bartlett found that someone burglarized, stole or damaged their vehicles in a rash of driveway and parking lot crimes last week. Some got off lightly with their car interiors left in disarray. Others were left staring at an empty driveway, wondering where their ride went. Almost every victim admitted leaving […]

The love of books starts children on the right road to an educated life, and there’s a program across Shelby County that offers children free books monthly through age 5. Shelby County Books From Birth, the largest affiliate of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the U.S., already provides free, age-appropriate books for nearly 70 percent […]

Trick-or-treaters flock to “Halloween Cove” in Bartlett — normally known as Domino Cove — to enjoy the lavish, spooky and funny yard displays every year. They also get their share of the thousands of candy pieces the homeowners hand out on this residential cul-de-sac each Oct. 31. Residents on Domino Cove get into the spirit [...]

ARLINGTON — An Arlington man, Matthew Marr, has been sentenced to federal prison for soliciting a minor child through social media. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence Monday. According to information presented in court, between June and September 2016, Marr used the Internet to meet and seduce […]

The Bartlett Community Concert Band dresses up in colorful costumes each year for its Halloween Concert. This year’s was Oct. 28 at The Buckman Performing Arts Center of St. Mary’s School in Memphis. Photos by Amanda Swain. Click to see enlarged image.

Demolition of the old Lakeland Factory Outlet Mall began Wednesday, and Lakeland’s leaders couldn’t be more happy to see tangible progress at the site, just off Interstate-40 and Canada Road. Removing the derelict structures will clear the way for the $375 million Lake District development. Full demolition and site clearing are expected to take about [...]