Lakeland News

The Metro Charter Commission has a "project manager" to help meet its tight deadline for a consolidation charter proposal.

Dozens call county register's office after WREG On Your Side Investigation showed social security numbers on-line Register says thousands of documents likely contain personal information Information can be blacked out on-line if found, or requested Shelby County Register 379-7502 Tom.Leatherwood@shelbycountytn.gov. register.shelby.tn.us/ ...

The holiday parade in Lakeland on Saturday will feature Santa Claus, of course, but throwing candy from floats has been outlawed.

Lakeland officials are set to begin the first phase of a public walking and bike trail that eventually will link hundreds of homes and neighborhoods to nearby commercial areas in the suburb.

FAST FACTS: City and County officials say a merger plan is close City Council Chairman has questions about who will pay Plan must be approved by unions The red truck pulls into Shelby County Fire Station Number 1 just before noon.

ARLINGTON: Arlington Town Hall and other government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving.

Sexual assault charges against a doctor accused of fondling a female assistant he had put under hypnosis at a motel were advanced to a grand jury this morning.

A DIFFERENT WAY: Lori Wakefield, art teacher at The Bodine School in Germantown, helps bridge the gaps in learning for dyslexic students by offering hands-on, multidimensional art projects.

Over the next five years, Shelby County Schools will likely focus on campus renovations and rezoning to balance student population in the district, rather than building new schools.

Applications are being accepted until Monday, November 16 for community leadership positions on Lakeland Boards and Commissions.

Two months after the statewide guns-in-parks law took effect, Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman says the town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen won't consider opting out of the legislation that allows handgun-carry permit holders to pack their guns in parks.

The Lakeland Tennessee Lions Club Holiday Parade is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. , Saturday, December 5, 2009.

I am currently working on a '53 Ford F-100 pickup truck. I am going to use a '79 Ford 302 engine.

The Suntrust Bank at Highway 64 and Fletcher Trace was robbed Thursday, October 22, 2009.

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.

Despite the chilly wind, a lone angler drifts along the shore of Garner Lake near the dam Sunday afternoon.

Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. has come up with 10 appointees to a metro charter commission and has sent the names to the Shelby County Commission for approval.

Nikki Morgan of Lakeland, TN and Travis Wright of Clarksville, TN exchanged wedding vows on September 19, 2009 at 1:30 PM in Memphis, TN with the Father Ken Zelten officiating.

MEMPHIS, TN a ' Friday night, September 25, 2009, Tennessee Department of Transportation officials were working a crash on I-40E, east of Canada Road in Lakeland.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol reopened all eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 through Lakeland at 9:52 tonight.