Mayor Jim Strickland said Memphis 3.0 is "where it needs to be" a day after a showdown in North Memphis between planning and development leaders and critics of the 20-year land use plan.

City council members start budget hearings next month and there are still a few more details to come about how much revenue the council will have as it considers amendments or changes in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal.

A new kayak and paddle board rental service in the Memphis harbor opens for business May 4, the Memphis River Parks Partnership announced Wednesday.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Memphis-based Stax Records formed an alliance following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death here that allowed Jackson to use the record label as a platform to spread the spoken word.

While the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has come and gone, the impact of the MLK50 effort continues to make strides in Memphis.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s fourth budget proposal, totaling $709 million, includes an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to accelerate the development of new and rehabbed multifamily and single-family housing.

A new 20-member citizens panel named by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division Tuesday is the next step in a detailed examination of changing the utility's 80-year relationship with the Tennessee Valley Authority. MLGW president J.T. Young says the process will keep moving until there is a recommendation.

The first campaign finance filings of the 2019 Memphis election season show incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland with a sizable fundraising advantage. But for the first quarter, three City Council contenders each raised six figures on the way to the Oct. 3 elections.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland takes a budget proposal to the City Council Tuesday that has a stable city property tax rate and pay raises for city employees. Council members also will consider a development agreement between the city and Graceland as part of a busy agenda. 

University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd visits The Daily Memphian to discuss his goals, the qualities UT's next president needs to have, and more.

A $43 million streetscape project on Elvis Presley Boulevard between Brooks Road and Shelby Drive features all LED lighting and hopes for new business along Whitehaven's main street.

City leaders will gather Thursday near the intersection of Elvis Presley Boulevard and Brooks Road to mark the beginning of construction on a $44 million streetscape improvement project that kicked off six years ago.

TVA CEO and president Jeff Lyash said during a Memphis visit on his third day on the job that the power industry will see as much change in the next 20 years as it did in the last half-century.

The city is rolling out a new curbside collection system for garbage and debris beginning May 1.

Need help but can't call? A text-to-911 service launched in Memphis April 9 that allows anyone to text for help in an emergency situation. 

The Downtown Memphis Commission is negotiating with the tour company it forced out of the W.C. Handy House in February, while the musician's family continues to push for changes after years of complaints the property is being ignored.

Two teachers from Memphis are being recognized for their teachings on the Holocaust as part of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission’s annual day of remembrance Tuesday. 

Those maintaining the city's flood counter measures said the March flooding at Memphis tested the system and the system passed. But they also said the frequency of high water requires vigilance.

The effort to map breaches in the clay layers protecting the city's underground water supply will also include longer-term goals like the best placement of wells and how the aquifers move.

As Explore Bike Share marks its first year in May, City Hall will weigh proposals by the nonprofit, two electric scooter shared mobility companies and any other companies that want permanent city permits to operate within Memphis.

By the city’s 200th anniversary on May 22, people looking out of their Downtown offices and crossing the bridges back and forth across the Mississippi River will have a different view when they peer out over Mud Island.

The former mayor drew several hundred people to southwest Memphis as his opens his challenge of incumbent mayor Jim Strickland on the Oct. 3 city ballot.

University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd talks with The Daily Memphian about UT Health Science Center, increased communication among UT campuses, and whether he is a politician after one failed run for governor.

Brodes Perry, executive pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, has died, following a Collierville shooting, sources confirm.

The interim superintendent of Shelby County Schools said on Behind The Headlines that a plan to consolidate and relocate some schools on a massive scale should also be accompanied by better school programs and more academic offerings to students.