Collierville News

State lawmakers say they might pull the plug on a University of Tennessee effort to produce ethanol from switchgrass, after school officials said it has changed business partners, scaled down production and now plans to start out using corncobs, not switchgrass.

Mary Lou Moore kisses the headstone on her late husband Charles Moore's grave after a Veterans Day ceremony at Memphis National Cemetery Sunday.

A crowd gathered in Collierville's historic town square Sunday to honor the men and women of the armed forces.

The three senior starters for Christian Academy of Knoxville and coach Ried Estus arrived at the school at different times.

As first reported in the Tennessean.com, state lawmakers say they may remove funding from a project dedicated to the University of Tennessee that will produce ethanol from switchgrass.

The spectators involved in an alleged "fight club" involving teenagers in Collierville were told to do community service and stay out of trouble for a year in Juvenile Court this morning.

Collierville police have received two federal grants to help pay for video technology and bulletproof vests.

Candidates for the job of interim Shelby County mayor J.W. Gibson, Joe Ford and George Flinn listen as former Collierville mayor Linda Kerley answers questions during an open vetting by members of the County Commission Wednesday morning.

Former Collierville mayor Linda Kerley has turned in an application to become interim Shelby County mayor and will be among the candidates presenting themselves for interviews before the Shelby County Commission today.

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Defense attorney Kevin Snider represents one of the Collierville High School students charged with a prize fighting crime for allegedly watching and participating in a fight club.

They had no comment about the fight video that has their kids facing charges. 16-year-old Jacob Severs says he was just watching and wants to know why he was charged, "I think it was unnecessary especially for people like me, just caught in it.

Dozens of officers from several local police agencies joined the Shelby County Sheriff's Department in a massive effort to serve outstanding criminal warrants Thursday night.

Teenagers taped throwing punches and cheering on other fighting teens. The video has 28 kids headed to Juvenile Court .

Bartlett aldermen took no action on the guns-in-park issue Tuesday night, leaving in effect the state law allowing permit holders to carry their weapons.

A C Wharton is sworn in as Memphis Mayor; Joyce Avery has become acting Shelby County Mayor.

A Memphis man waived his preliminary hearing in Bartlett court Friday on a charge that he brought a gun into a city park this summer.

Court records show how a couple who fell asleep in the drive-through lane of a Collierville McDonald's put police on a trail to arrest them later for meth manufacturing.

October 30th will mark the end of an era at Collierville High School because their head coach Paul Cox confirmed to FOX13 Sports today, that he intends to retire, after 34 years as the Dragons Head Coach.

An Automotive Waste Collection Day is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Shelby County Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 6305 Haley Road.