Millington News

School's out for summer, but the future-of-our-school-systems story is just getting warmed up and there will be no vacation for school board members, Transition Planning Commission members, and suburban elected officials and voters.

Faced with more than one set of estimates that it may cost their residents more than expected to fund new school systems, the governing boards of Shelby County's six suburban municipalities went ahead Tuesday night and bit the bullet, voting to authorize enabling referenda on August 2. Germantown, Collierville, Bartlett, Arlington, Lakeland, and ... (more)

According to The Commercial Appeal , the legislative bodies in Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington all approved on final reading proposals to opt out of a coming countywide public school system if local voters choose to start their own.

Votes for municipal school referendums across Shelby County reach a conclusion tonight as all six suburbs consider final readings on school-related ordinances.

Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir collects county property taxes, and he's now offering to collect current and past-due taxes for the city of Memphis in exchange for an annual fee of $1.25 million.

Residents near a minimum-security federal prison at Millington say inmates come and go through a hole in the fence.

It's considered a minimum security facility. But, people living near the federal prison in Millington say minimum, in this case, means next to none.

What has Millington Central High 10th grader Chayne Phillips fed up is what's being said about her on Facebook, supposedly by other Millington students.

Of the 30 or so in attendance, only two people addressed the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on the school issue.

The proposal to force people who drive in Memphis more than twice a week to get auto inspections is picking up even more criticism.

Proposed municipal school districts will cost more than suburban leaders think and voters need better information before deciding in the Aug.

Even before the plan is officially presented, the war is underway between Memphis city government and Shelby County Commissioners.

A small plane carrying two people was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Marion.

That's how it is in a community of fewer than 500 people - they know when someone new is around.

Today was supposed to be the day suburban voters went to the polls to decide if they wanted to start their own school districts.

Salt Lake City-based 4665 Distriplex Drive LLC has bought Class A warehouses in Distriplex Center from Road Bay Investments LLC for $3.9 million, filing a $3.7 million construction loan through Wells Fargo Bank NA at the time of purchase.

Millington took its final steps toward a new form of government Monday night, then approved holding a referendum to see if citizens want to boost the local option sales tax rate by a half-cent for education.