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Run with the speed of light through Starry Nights

Run with the speed of light through Starry Nights

For years runners, walkers and bikers have been able to enjoy Starry Nights up close and personal on Monday nights for just $5.  But this year, Breakaway Running and Shelby Farms are taking that experience to the next level.

They are introducing the "Starry Nights 4k".  It's a race through the Starry Nights display at Shelby Farms and it should be a blast!

There is a $20 registration fee and the money goes to help Shelby Farms Park and Shelby Farms Greenline, a resource many runners across Shelby county enjoy.

You will also get a glow in the dark shirt!

Here is the information about the 4k:

I-269 Regional Vision Study meetings to be held

I-269 Regional Vision Study meetings to be held

(WMC-TV) – The Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will be holding the second, and final round of public meetings concerning the new Interstate 269, now under construction.

During the meetings, discussion will focus on the impact of land usage, as well as transportation alternatives that may exist along the corridor of I-269.

A comment draft study meeting will first take place Nov. 27 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn & Suites near Wolfchase Galleria.

A second meeting, at which the final study will be presented for review, will be held Dec. 13 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., also held at the Holiday Inn & Suites near Wolfchase.

To see a full press release, or to obtain full directions to the meeting locations, click here.

Information and image provided by the Memphis Urban Area MPO.

City and county launch homebuyer program, down payment assistance

City and county launch homebuyer program, down payment assistance

(WMC-TV) – Memphis and Shelby County leaders are launching a major effort to help people buy homes in the county.

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell and Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton have announced the creation of a large-scale homebuyer workshop.

Dubbed Memphis-Shelby County Helping Homebuyers, the program is set to provide up to $15,000 of assistance toward a down payment for those who qualify for the program.  The program is for those who plan to buy and live in a home located in the Memphis city proper, or in Shelby County. 

The qualified funds may also be used for home renovation

Wells Fargo is sponsoring the event, and multiple lenders will be present.

“This will provide a major boost to our efforts to strengthen our neighborhoods through homeownership,” Mayor Wharton stated.

Free mulch for Germantown

Free mulch for Germantown

Fall cleanup just got a little cheaper!  The city of Germantown is providing free mulch to residents.  The mulch comes from yard debris collected by the city.  It's broken down and then passed back to taxpayers.  The giveaway begins Saturday, October 20th at 8am at the Public Services Complex at 7725 Southern Avenue.

You must bring proof you are a Germantown resident.  You will receive one-and-a-half yards of aged, double hammered mulch.  Public works employees will help you load your haul.  See you there.

 

2nd annual Collierville Haunted Trail at Johnson Park

2nd annual Collierville Haunted Trail at Johnson Park

 

The Town of Collierville and Kiwanis Club are excited to present the 2nd Annual Haunted Trail October 26 and 27 designed to offer the complete scare experience in Collierville's best backyard!

Children ages 10 and up and adults will enjoy this thrilling adventure set on the beautiful and scenic grounds of W. C. Johnson Park - that is, until the sun sets and the lights go dim.

For those who need an adrenaline rush, the Haunted Trail will not disappoint! Various scare stations around the lake and through the woods will provide ample opportunities to test the ticker.

Entrance into The Haunted Trail is $10.00.

Tickets will be sold on site.

TVA moving away from coal

TVA moving away from coal

Even as the half-century old Allen Steam Plant in Memphis continued to consume coal to create electricity for the Mid-South, TVA officials gathered at the other end of the state to dedicate the new John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant near Rogersville, TN.

The sleek new plant burns natural gas, and when added to the several other recently-added plants the Tennessee Valley Authority is now producing only one-third of its power from coal-fired facilities - a big change from fiscal 2011, when coal accounted for 52 percent of TVA's power generation.

The shift away from coal is part of a larger national trend, spurred on by the availability of cheap natural gas deposits that are now extracted by new shale-fracturing processes.  Federal air pollution standards have become increasingly stringent as well, contributing to the move to cleaner-burning natural gas.

Mosquito Spraying continues in Shelby County

Mosquito Spraying continues in Shelby County

(WMC-TV) – All Shelby County ZIP codes have tested positive at some point during the year for West Nile Virus carried by mosquitoes.

Due to this, the Shelby County Health Department will continue their truck-mounted spraying of insecticide, weather permitting, in the following areas

Tuesday, October 2

7:00 p.m. – 10: 00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38002, 38016, 38028, 38133, 38134, 38135

 

Wednesday, October 3

7:00 p.m. – 10: 00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38002, 38128, 38133, 38134, 38135

 

Thursday, October 4

7:00 p.m. – 10: 00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38053, 38108, 38128, 38134, 38135

 

Monday, October 8

7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

ZIP Codes: 38127