Germantown News

Vanessa Morosco and Tony Molina as the Macbeths in Tennessee Shakespeare Company's production of "Macbeth". Germantown has proposed funding cuts to the Tennessee Shakespeare Company, leading to a letter-writing campaign from supporters in hopes of getting the money returned.

Four Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority facilities will be closed on Monday, in observance of Memorial Day.

Officials are on the scene of a two vehicle crash on Interstate 40 eastbound and Austin Peay Highway.

As three of Shelby County's six suburban towns and cities locked in July 16 referendums on forming municipal school districts, there were indications of renewed discussions between the suburban leaders and Shelby County Commissioners on the terms of forming those districts.

The owner of the automobile service garage at 615 W. Poplar Ave . in Collierville has filed a $418,000 loan on the property.

The Shelby County Commission on Monday approved a $1.7 million, 5-year contract with American Medical Response to provide ambulance service for unincorporated Shelby County, Arlington, Lakeland and Millington.

The Robert E. Lee Camp 1640 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is hosting the first Germantown Historic Tour Saturday and Sunday focusing on the Germantown of the 1800s, complete with costumed actors telling stories of the people, places and events.

Despite strong closing arguments from staff supporters about Germantown Municipal Court moving to daytime, City Administrator Patrick Lawton has ruled against the idea, and court will continue at night.

Tues. July 03, 2007 Photo by Matthew Craig. Charlie McCraw , a volunteer from Germantown, guides a 1932 Ford V-8 Roadster into a parking spot Tuesday night.

Bartlett police Lt. Todd Halford is working with more than 70 Neighborhood Watch programs in the suburb these days - some new, some existing, some resurrecting.

The new total came Tuesday, May 14, after interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson told countywide school board members he and his staff had eliminated a "district initiative department" that would have cost $737,366. The changes reflect a still fluid budget proposal that the countywide board votes on Thursday, May 16, and submits to the Shelby ... (more)

"I was thinking two, three weeks max ," Jessen said. "Five months later, I got my car back." Jessen's dilemma with the transmission shop illustrates a little known right Tennessee consumers have when a repair shop keeps your property for an unreasonable length of time.

SPRING HILL -- Police are seeking information about a woman accused of cashing counterfeit checks in Spring Hill.

"I nearly died and it was just the simple fact of someone not taking that extra precaution, said Zack Williams who was injured in a motorcycle accident.

Amanda Hailey Turner wonders if everyone who went to high school in Shelby County knows someone from his or her class who has been murdered.

Two new retirement and assisted living communities have opened recently in West Tennessee and at least three more are planned.

Some Germantown officials would like to see the suburb's night court moved to daytime, but logistical problems could make the change difficult.

They lined up, dozens of them, young and old, for a chance to shake hands and snap pictures with their coaches.

Legislative bodies in five of Shelby County's six suburbs began the process Monday evening of setting July 16 referendums for voters to decide on municipal schools in their cities.

John Harris, executive director of the Tennessee Firearms Association, has listed five state legislators - along with House Speaker Beth Harwell and Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey - as legislators "who do not understand the Constitution" as it applies to gun rights.