Germantown News

An ordinance proposing a storm water management fee passed 4-1 on its first reading Monday night before the Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

A Memphis police officer shot a pit bull this morning after the animal ran at him from inside a house in the Parkway Village area, police said.

Shelby County government and the county's municipalities have established ReadyShelby.org, an emergency preparedness Web site.

Memphis Police have arrested a 16-year old girl for the death of a 10-month old baby last Saturday.

A 69-year-old Cordova woman was killed from injuries she received in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Germantown at the intersection of Germantown Road and Neshoba.

When it comes to its state senators, Nashville seems to have developed an affinity for experience and longevity.

Shelby County Sheriffs Deputies joined forces with Officers from several law enforcement agencies tonight and arrested 80 people wanted on criminal charges.

Until this year, Collierville could rely on a volunteer expert to help regulate lighting that accompanied new commercial buildings and other projects.

Senior Blake McDade went 3-4 with two walks and an RBI in the opening game of the Blue White Series.

"The only thing holding the old building up are the termites holding hands." - " Dennis Wolf Germantown fire chief This is not your grandmother's fire station.

When the bus driver started the new electric engine, it was so quiet he turned the key twice to make sure it was running.

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.

Opening night didn't go very well for Germantown Community Theatre's production of Gorey Stories , a musical play based on the infernal scribblings of author/illustrator Edward Gorey.

An outspoken Germantown parent plans to be the first candidate in a decade to challenge longtime Shelby County school board chairman David Pickler for his District 5 seat.

Peggy Patterson and her granddaughter, Macon Whitlow, try to draw a star from the reflection in a mirror Wednesday at The Bodine School's open house.

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.

Brian Kelsey, Republican candidate for the vacant State Senate District 31 seat, will be celebrating tomorrow's election day victory at the Memphis Area Homebuilders Association, 776 N. Germantown Pkwy., Cordova, TN 38018.

Oh for a muse of fire. Or any muse, really. I'm so conflicted about the Tennessee Shakespeare Company 's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I'm nearly at a loss for words.

"Oh for a muse of fire. Or any muse, really. I'm so conflicted about the Tennessee Shakespeare Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I'm nearly at a loss for words ..." But the writer is Chris Davis, so not really.

Jerome, Tony and their father, Charles -- is building another pedestrian-friendly, old-style project in Old Germantown.