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BREAKING NEWS: Man hit, killed in Arlington
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man who was hit and killed early morning Friday while walking a road in Arlington.
Daniel Perkins, 28, was walking in the road at 3 a.m. in the area of Larry Anderson and Harrell when a driver struck him, the sheriff’s office said Friday afternoon in a media release.
According to the release, Perkins had gotten into an argument with...
BREAKING NEWS: Unified Shelby County Schools passes $1.18M budget
The Shelby County unified school district’s budget is now in the hands of county commissioners.
Shelby County School board members wrap up discussions Tuesday afternoon just before they passed its $1.18 million budget for 2013-2014.
Seventeen of the 23 board members voted Tuesday afternoon in favor of a $1.18 billion general fund budget that still has a more than $30 million gap between funding and...
SCHOOL BUDGET UPDATE: Pre-K dominates budget talks
Shelby County school board members propose the district’s first unified budget during a public information session Tuesday night.
With a Red Bull energy drink by the superintendent’s side and school officials dropping the word “draconian” in reference to cuts, the unified school board began a difficult week of budget talks before a packed house.
Tuesday night was the only opportunity this...
School, county budgets intertwine this week
While Shelby County’s municipalities are trying to balance budgets in the wake of decreased assessment values, the county commissioners and unified school board members are facing budget issues of their own.
The unified school district board members received a draft of the 2013-2014 school year budget earlier this week. They’ll meet several times this week to discuss Superintendent Dorsey Hopson’s...
New winery opening this year
From left, Lakeland Mayor Scott Carmichael; Delta Blues Winery co-owners Jim Wilson, Jerry Michie, Sheila Wilson and Dianne Day; and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell Jr. throw dirt Monday in a celebratory groundbreaking at what will be Shelby County’s second winery. The winery, off Stewart Road in Lakeland, will feature two planation-style buildings for wine tasting, wine making and special events....
Farmers market opening soon
Produce from the Bartlett Station Farmers Market is shown in this 2012 season photo. The market opens its 2013 season on May 18.
In its third year, the Bartlett Station Farmers Market is looking for ways to give back to the land.
“We’re trying to bring in a recyclable impact this year,” said market manager Kim Dyer, who is in her first year as manager but second with the market.
The outdoor air...
Skybox team approaches 1,000 Bartlett broadcast
Matthew Cooper, front, and his dad, Mike Cooper, broadcast from the press box at WJ Freeman Park during a recent Bartlett baseball game. The team has been airing Bartlett sporting events online since 2002 and is approaching its 1,000th Bartlett broadcast.
On a recent afternoon at Freeman Park, a Bartlett High School ballplayer took a swing and sent a grand slam home run across the diamond.
The crowd...
Healthy Ride: Bartlett teacher sets off on second Bike the US for MS tour
Robert Beger stands recently with the bicycle he’ll use to travel from Maine to Memphis as part of his second trip for Bike the US for MS. He leaves May 24.
His doctor gave him a decision.
Either get better, he said, or start making arrangements.
That was nearly two years ago. Robert Beger decided he had to make some changes in his life. Today, the 62-year-old is an avid cycler, and he’s about...
City administrator plays songs of the south on the side
Bill Yearwood has been strumming the guitar for twice as long as he’s been a city employee.
And he’s been with Bartlett since 1985.
“I started when I was just a little kid,” said Yearwood, who plays in three local bands and is now the director of the public works department. “I’ve been interested in music since the Beatles. I learned how to play in school in the first grade.”
Yearwood,...
Group plans park movies at night
Within 30 hours, the newly created Bartlett Movies in the Park page had more than 1,100 likes.
“It’s very encouraging,” said Jason Sykes, sub-committee chairman of the Bartlett Station Commission that is hosting a series of outdoor family-centric movies this spring.
“We floated it as an idea to (the City of Bartlett) as a way to showcase our area, and they were all for it,” Sykes said of...
