For the past three generations, Sesame Street has been helping children get a head start on their education, becoming a cultural staple along the way.

The Memphis City Council’s impasse over appointing a new member is on its way to Chancery Court after four of the 10 council members walked out of Tuesday's meeting, leaving the body without the necessary quorum to vote on anything.

After a short stint in Nashville, the Shelby County qualifier to the Scripps National Spelling Bee is returning to Memphis in 2019.

Despite two start delays due to thunderstorms in the Memphis area, the weather cooperated and the sun peeked out on the more than 70,000 participants and spectators who turned out Saturday, Dec. 1, for the 17th St. Jude Memphis Marathon. 

The Shelby County Commission approved adding five items to its legislative agenda Monday night – including a request the state fund more school resource officers, social workers and counselors in local schools.

State Sen.-elect Raumesh Akbari is “super excited” about the election of Rep. Karen Camper as leader of the House Democratic Caucus, a key position in the workings of the state Legislature.

Just before his last meeting on Nov. 20 as a Memphis City Council member, Edmund Ford Jr. was feeling good about his 11-year tenure at City Hall.

The two men charged in the Nov. 3 “hoodie arrests” at Wolfchase Galleria Mall will have their cases heard in January.

Memphis City Council members resume Tuesday their attempt to fill one of three vacancies on the 13-member body.

For more than two years and possibly closer to three, a black chow roamed Summer Avenue. He visited Walgreens at the corner of Perkins and Summer, hung around in the Aldi parking lot just west of the intersection, and finally settled on Elwood’s Shack as his go-to at meal time.

Former state Rep. Johnnie Turner didn’t participate in Memphis sit-ins during the 1960s in search of glory. Nor did she hear the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or ride the Memphis city buses fearing death during the 1960s thinking she would be recognized someday at a Nashville gala.

Former state Rep. Steve McManus, loaded with money from his previous House service, confirmed Friday he will enter the race for the vacant 32nd District Senate seat to fill two years remaining in the term of Mark Norris, who left the post to take a federal judgeship.

The first renters at a new set of townhomes on E.H. Crump Boulevard south of Mason Temple Church of God in Christ begin moving into their new units in about a week.

Former president George H.W. Bush was a frequent point man in Memphis for Reagan administration policies during his two terms as Ronald Reagan’s vice president. Bush began his “thousand points of light” volunteerism initiative in Memphis less than a year into his presidency.

It’s a warm and sunny Saturday morning in South Memphis. About 40 people have gathered at the South Memphis Farmers Market for the latest South Memphis Glide Ride.

Memphians will see the first totems of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon around 10 p.m. Friday, when road closures begin Downtown in preparation for Saturday's races. Organizers expect approximately 70,000 people – from runners to well wishers – to attend the annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The Shelby County Commission may add five items to its legislative agenda for the Tennessee General Assembly session in January, including a request that the state fund more school resource officers.

Since the turnover of nine of the 13 Memphis City Council seats in the 2007 elections, the council has charted a new path at City Hall. The largest change on the body in the 50-year history of the mayor-council form of government was followed by the largest return of incumbents four years later and changes in the mayor’s office.

Memphis City Council chairman Berlin Boyd says the council was on its way to a partisan and racial divide when it tried to appoint someone to fill the vacant District 1 seat last week.

Calling Memphis a key part of Tennessee’s economy, Republican House Speaker-nominee Glen Casada says he will ensure the city receives its “fair share” of economic development projects through the state.

On a recent weeknight when most people were just getting home from work, nine men sat side-by-side staring into the faces of law enforcement and community leaders.

Sherra Wright, accused of fatally shooting her ex-husband, NBA player Lorenzen Wright, and dumping his body in a field in southeast Memphis in 2010, will stand trial for his murder in September.

The start of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon on Saturday, Dec. 1, will be delayed 30 minutes due to inclement weather.

Some members of a faculty organization at LeMoyne-Owen College are calling for the resignation of school president Andrea Lewis Miller over a speech they claim was plagiarized from a popular Joel Osteen sermon.

Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker visited Memphis Wednesday to announce a new initiative in which the Memphis Police Department will partner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to form a “Memphis Crime Gun Strike Force.”