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Collierville Christmas Parade Gallery

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Board adopts new flood insurance study, approves changes to detention facility

The Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen has approved an ordinance on second reading to amend several of the town’s floodplain provisions. Board members unanimously voted in favor of the ordinance, which specifically deals with the adoption of next year’s Flood Insurance Study and Flood Insurance Rate Maps recently issued by the Federal Emergency Management […]

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County falls short of national health benchmarks

New health data released Tuesday indicates that Tennessee ranks 39th in the country for overall health, up two spots from 2011. Shelby County ranks 59th for health outcomes. However, the county still falls short of national benchmarks for many health factors, including rates of smoking (19 percent), obesity (34 percent) and physical inactivity (29 percent). […]

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Collierville’s Got Talent

Collierville High School hosted Talent Night Friday in the school’s auditorium. Winners of the annual contest were Isaiah Downey, Peyton Coleman and D.J. Hill, whose dance routine elicited roars of applause from the audience.

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Dragons fall to MHEA

The Collierville High School boys’ basketball team was one point shy of picking up its third victory of the season Friday night against Memphis-Area Home Education Association. The Dragons fell 79-78 in overtime to the 4-3 MHEA Eagles. After falling behind 40-33 at the half, Collierville rallied in the third quarter, outscoring the Eagles 17-9. […]

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Underdogs upset highly profiled Red All-Stars

The list of names on the Red Team read like the Who’s Who of 2013 Southeastern Conference recruiting. So, the Blue Team entered the 2012 AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star game on the campus of Memphis University School with a chip on their shoulders. Leading most of the game, the Blue All-Stars were nursing […]

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Home sales break 900 for year

Collierville was one of just three Shelby County municipalities that saw home sales numbers rise last month. According to data released Monday by the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, Collierville experienced a 26-percent spike in home sales for November. Seventy eight houses were sold last month, 16 more than the same period last year. At […]

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