The Arlington varsity baseball team had an excellent week last week, beating two local teams by a combined 15-2. On Tuesday, the Tigers handled an up-and-down Houston Mustang squad to the tune of 10-2. Two days later they bested Brighton 5-0 at home. One week earlier pitcher Dalton Fowler threw a 1-hitter to help beat [...]

The Bartlett Panthers continued their winning ways last week by beating White Station 7-0 at home. The Panthers jumped on the Spartans early and were up 4-0 by halftime. Bartlett is now 8-4-1 on the season and on a 3-game win streak. The Panthers have only lost one home game this season. They are scheduled [...]

There was one time that Riley Ferguson did not want to get back up after he fell down. Ferguson, the record-breaking University of Memphis quarterback who is expecting his name to be called today in the NFL Draft, fell off the stage during a skit when he was in the fifth grade. “It wasn’t fun. […]

Winning a series off the baseball field has given Colton Neel bragging rights and he doesn’t let his opponent forget it. When Neel, a 5-foot-9-inch, 190-pound left-handed pitcher and right fielder for The University of Memphis, roomed with Jonathan Bowlan, the Tigers’ 6-foot-6-inch, now 255-pound right-handed pitcher, in the freshman dorms they began an ongoing […]

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The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has received approval from the Chancery Court overseeing the receivership of Galilee Memorial Gardens cemetery (the “Cemetery”) in Bartlett to notify certain persons who may have items on the Cemetery property, specifically granite markers with the names of persons etched on them, and of the procedure to […]

[Editor’s note: This press release arrived after the press deadline for the April 19 issue of the paper.] A 27-year-old Bartlett man has been indicted on charges of second-degree murder for allegedly selling heroin laced with fentanyl that resulted in the death of an acquaintance last year, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said […]

Officers caught a Bolton High School student with a stolen handgun Monday. Shemar Jones, 18, has since been expelled from school and jailed. A complaint alerted the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon that four students were sitting in a Ford Explorer, parked at a convenience store across the street from the school. The complainant […]

One of Bartlett’s distinctive features is its all-volunteer Bartlett Community Concert Band, pictured here at its family-friendly April 7 concert within the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center. Photo by Scott Steele. Above, Dr. Rhendle Millen directed the BCCB for the evening’s performance. At right, The BCCB’s next performance will be May 4 at White [...]

For customers planning international trips, three post offices in Tennessee and one in northern Georgia are hosting Passport Fairs on Saturday, April 14. Fairs serve customers on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointments are needed. (There is a limited capacity for acceptance.) Locations include the Arlington post office, 5885 Airline Road, Arlington, TN; hours: 10 […]

For a quarter of a century, Bartlett Nursery has been helping families, businesses and contractors find the right azaleas, stock up on flats of annuals, enrich their soil, plan landscapes with pleasing year-round designs, and maintain the yards and gardens that grace their properties. Bartlett Nursery is a family-owned, family-run business, and Conroy Barber is […]

The Bartlett Police Department responded to the following incidents for the period of April 2-8, 2018, including a child’s accidental drowning on April 3. Editor’s note: This report represents the most notable incidents provided by BPD and does not necessarily reflect all police activity. All suspects are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in […]