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From Arlington, Tenn., Seth Tino with son Warner, 1, and daughter Hadley, 3, look for the perfect tree at the farm.

FAST FACTS: City and County officials say a merger plan is close City Council Chairman has questions about who will pay Plan must be approved by unions The red truck pulls into Shelby County Fire Station Number 1 just before noon.

ARLINGTON: Arlington Town Hall and other government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.

A man died late Thursday after he was struck by an SUV on Brunswick Road, northeast of the Wolfchase Galleria.

A Brunswick man died from injuries late Thursday night, November 19, 2009, after being struck by a vehicle as he walked near his home.

Over the next five years, Shelby County Schools will likely focus on campus renovations and rezoning to balance student population in the district, rather than building new schools.

So he waived his preliminary hearing in court Tuesday and sent the case straight to the grand jury.

Batesville, Miss.-based Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc ., which owns and operates Gateway Tire and Service Centers, has internally transferred six acres of land at Lamb Road and U.S. 70 in Arlington for $1.1 million.

Two months after the statewide guns-in-parks law took effect, Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman says the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen won't consider opting out of the legislation that allows handgun-carry permit holders to pack their guns in parks.

During rush-hour traffic, Michelle Burcky says it can be difficult -- and sometimes dangerous -- to pull out into the intersection of U.S. 70 and Airline Road in Arlington.

A three-car crash backed up traffic on I-40 for hours Sunday night. The accident happened at I-40 and Airline Road in Arlington.

" Typically students change teachers when they move on to a new grade, but one elementary school in Jackson, Tennessee, is trying something different.

One hundred two East Tennessee World War II veterans from twelve counties traveled to Washington D.C., Oct.

Single-family home was constructed by Tennessee builder Chamberlain & McCreery. Credit: Courtesy Chamberlain & McCreery Among the features of this Chamberlain & McCreery single-family home in Arlington, Tenn., are James Hardie fiber-cement siding and R-30 blown ceiling insulation.

October 14, 2009 - The home building industry reached an important milestone this week when the 500th project earned National Green Building Certification by the NAHB Research Center , a subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders.

Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has come up with 10 appointees to a metro charter commission and has sent the names to the Shelby County Commission for approval.

Shelby County Commissioners Wednesday recommended all 10 of County Mayor A C Wharton's appointees to a metro charter commission.

Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has come up with 10 appointees to a metro charter commission and has sent the names to the Shelby County Commission for approval.

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No member of the current Shelby County Commission - or in the local political establishment, for that matter - has devoted more time or energy or constructive thought to the vexing and still-unresolved issue of school funding than Mike Carpenter.