Collierville News

What if major north-south streets crossing Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in the Poplar corridor went over or under the tracks, ending the need for traffic to halt for passing trains? That's a central question for the Poplar Southern Corridor Study, which will hold its fourth and final public information meeting Tuesday in Collierville.

Proposals sail through 'consent agenda' By Kevin McKenzie , Memphis Commercial Appeal Friday, July 10, 2009 Separate plans for a new location for a Super D Drug Store and a medical office building sailed through the Collierville Planning Commision Thursday night.

JAMES GARVIN "ROOSTER" DUSCOE, 96, of Collierville, TN, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2009.

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In Brief: Mayor's in-law charged in Miss. By Staff , Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, July 1, 2009 COLLIERVILLE A grand jury in Oxford, Miss., has indicted the daughter-in-law of Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner on a charge of embezzlement.

A new group is suiting up to run youth football in Germantown, where a longtime provider of youth sports programs was sacked by the city last month.

DAVID OUTLAW ANDREWS III DAVID OUTLAW ANDREWS III , 53, of Memphis, TN, formerly of Collierville, TN, died Tuesday June, 9, 2009, at The Regional Medical Center.

Thomas Monroe Tucker, 63, of Collierville, TN, died Monday, June 22, 2009, while vacationing in Florida.

By Kevin McKenzie , Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, July 1, 2009 A track hoe demolishes the old Collierville Town Hall building at Walnut and Rowlett to make way for a new courthouse.

Residents troubled by the number of railroad crossings in Germantown and Collierville need to mark their calendars.

The bill, sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris and Senator Doug Overbey , adds attempted first degree murder to the Crooks with Guns Law.

Jim Butcher of Collierville, TN is manager of the town's GIS Division. He and colleague Keith Reasons answered the call when the FBI came to town looking for a map to help track down a couple on the run from drug charges.

The Williamson County Chapter of The University of Tennessee Alumni Association saluted 110 academic leaders of the Class of 2010 from each high school in Williamson County with its 10th Annual Williamson County High School Honors Dinner on March 31, 2009, at the Brentwood Country Club.

The new certified tax rate is $1.18 per $100 of assessed value, down from $1.28 to prevent a tax windfall after property values rose in a countywide reappraisal this year.

A 19 year-old man is in jail, accused of attacking a Collierville teenager. Cops say it all started with some sort of argument during the early morning hours of June 14, 2009.

The House voted 81-12 Wednesday night to merge the Tennesee Ethics Commission with the Registry of Campaign Finance.

Bring dad to the St. Jude Dream Home house this weekend to register to win a Phoenix TV, just for dropping by.

" Lottery officials say someone purchased a Power Ball ticket worth $1 Million in Collierville.

A measure has failed this session that would close access to the names of people who hold state-issued permits to carry loaded handguns in public.

A number of contentious issues other than the budget remain for lawmakers to consider in the waning days of the legislative session.