Memphis Democratic senators oppose bill even though it would allow oversight boards to have a private investigator seek subpoenas from a judge.

A Graceland master plan that does not include an arena tops Tuesday's Memphis City Council agenda. Also on the agenda is the Poplar Arts Lofts project and a discussion about urban art.

John Kilzer’s memorial service was Monday in the place where he ministered, St. John’s United Methodist Church. 

Plans to house a University of Memphis-operated middle school at St. Anne Catholic Church have fallen through, but the university says it still hopes to open the school this fall.

Tennessee officials have defended capital punishment, saying it brings justice to victims' families. But at a recent discussion at LeMoyne-Owen College, panelists with personal stories about death row said the system is broken.

Education savings accounts would cost $75 million in first year with projected costs escalating to $125 million after three years.

• Memphis Sports Hall of Fame taking nominations for first class
• St. Jude to undergo $1.6M interior renovation 
• Palladio Garden Center grand opening March 23

The circa-1836 home of Irish immigrant Eugene Magevney is open for tours Fridays through April 12 and has plans as well as a wish list for a more active future.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew a crowd of more than 400 in North Memphis for the first Memphis appearance by a presidential hopeful in advance of the Tennessee presidential primaries of March 2020.

An 11-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy and critically injuring the teen’s father.

Revelry rolled through Downtown Memphis as the Beale Street Merchants Association hosted their 46th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday afternoon.

Gov. Bill Lee’s charter school authorization bill is hitting a wall as legislators get pushback from local school districts and others. 

Former Memphis City Schools board member Jeff Warren is running for a super district council seat, citing his experience as a family physician and as a school board member as terms were set for the merger of public education in Shelby County.

MATA riders want improved service, and officials hope its new transit plan can address their concerns. An additional $30 million in annual funding is needed to implement changes. 

Longtime disk jockey, weatherman and sports anchor, Johnny Dark is remembered by family, friends and colleagues, ahead of his funeral. Dark battled heart disease following a 1993 heart attack.

A "Business Bonanza" at 201 Poplar Thursday gave youth offenders, ages 18-25, a chance to show off their entrepreneurial spirit as they plan for life beyond jail.

• Cookston's Memphis BBQ Co. to open Lake District restaurant
• Cafe featuring agave syrup to open in E. Memphis
• Humane Society to host annual Fast & The Furriest 5K Run

A Minnesota medical examiner's office has ruled John Kilzer's death a suicide by hanging. 

Council member Berlin Boyd has worked for FedEx Logistics for seven months, taking in the time the FedEx division decided to relocate Downtown at Boyd's urging.

Saying he wants to blot out “one of the worst parts of our history,” state Rep. Joe Towns is renewing legislation to eliminate slavery and involuntary servitude from the Tennessee Constitution.

• Cookston's Memphis BBQ Co. to open Lake District restaurant
• Cafe featuring agave syrup to open in E. Memphis
• Humane Society to host annual Fast & The Furriest 5K Run

Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators split Thursday in the chamber’s vote on a resolution blocking President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund a border wall with Mexico.

Despite the objections of Davidson County lawmakers, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday removing subpoena power from police oversight boards in Tennessee.

Mayor Jim Strickland's administration conceded a "clerical error" in its minority spending numbers Thursday, saying the city actually spent 17.7 percent of its money in 2018 with women- and minority-owned businesses rather than the 24 percent previously touted by Strickland.

The Republican governor plans to pay for the program’s first year by stockpiling $25 million annually in discretionary funds for the next three years — but he’s not specifying where the money would come after that.