The bicentennial observance includes the world's longest picnic table, fireworks, skydivers, an airshow and a parachute team.

Memphis City Council members looked for a quick bottom line in the Memphis 3.0 plan during their first discussion of the 400-page proposal Tuesday.

Memphis music producer, recording engineer and artist James Dukes has started a petition drive to change the name of Main Street to Mane Street. 

The city and Graceland appear to have an agreement that allows the Graceland master plan to move ahead in some form beyond litigation over an arena that has been a part of the plan.

A new exhibit on the city's bicentennial combines some elements of the city's history in a display that is also about what is means to be a Memphian. The exhibit at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum runs through October.

Charging police who turn off body cameras: What state lawmaker G.A. Hardaway, the Memphis Police Association and the ACLU say about the proposed bill under which officers statewide would be charged with a felony.

Tamika Mallory comes to Memphis after the third Women's March in January drew criticism and allegations of anti-Semitic comments by Mallory and other march organizers.

A review of the Memphis 3.0 plan tops Tuesday's City Council agenda, along with new residential development in Cooper-Young and a neighborhood near the Fairgrounds.

A yearlong series of stories will chronicle the past, present and future of Memphis as part of the city's bicentennial celebration in 2019.

Memphis City Council members are to meet with TVA officials in Chattanooga to talk more about changes at MLGW. Meanwhile, there is discussion of other possible changes at the utility.

Tennessee Democratic Party chairwoman Mary Mancini says physical confrontations in the recent State Capitol protest are not justified. During a Memphis visit Thursday, she also talked about the crushing Democratic losses statewide in the 2018 elections and redistricting reforms.

An early look at Mayor Jim Strickland's still forming budget proposal to come in April shows in 2026 the city will be paying $40 million less in debt. Meanwhile, the budget plan will mark the city's final of five installments toward an annual pension liability payment estimated at around $78 million going forward.

The city of Memphis and Memphis Greenspace Inc. locked horns with the Sons of Confederate Veterans again Tuesday , this time before the Tennessee Court of Appeals in their dispute over the removal of Confederate statues from former city parks.

The Mississippi River at Memphis is expected to crest at 41 feet next week, the fourth-highest level ever recorded on the Memphis gauge. Flood control measures move to checking levees starting Tuesday, with the river level well below the record 1937 flood and the 2011 flood.

A month after a federal judge dismissed the City of Memphis from a civil lawsuit filed by the parents of Darrius Stewart, attorneys representing his parents have filed a notice of appeal in hopes of reversing the summary judgment. 

Josh Whitehead discusses the evolution of planning and development in Memphis on The Daily Memphian Politics podcast.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis says despite differences over the capitol's Forrest bust, he has a better relationship so far with Republican Gov. Bill Lee than Lee's predecessor, Bill Haslam.

Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton takes a few jabs at current Mayor Jim Strickland, who says he loves the smell of freshly poured asphalt, as both hold campaign events on the same night. Meanwhile, developer Chase Carlisle says he will make a bid for a super district council seat as District 6 council contender Davin Clemons opens his campaign.

MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young says the utility will talk with some alternate electric providers as it weighs a long-range examination of ending or altering its 80-year relationship with TVA. 

The city is taking 29 blighted properties to Environmental Court, and in some cases the defendant is the address of the property as the city seeks to find the real owner. The new provision in the state law allows the move, which sets the stage for the appointment of a receiver by the court.

The plan for multiyear MLGW gas, electric and water rate hikes was rejected Tuesday by the Memphis City Council. It's the second year the council has gone instead for smaller one-year rate hikes – this time a 3 percent hike in water rates starting next month.

The Memphis River Parks Partnership plan for a redevelopment of Tom Lee Park got a close look and lots of questions as well as a few suggestions from city council members this week.

With the City Council vote Tuesday to de-annex South Cordova, a timeline begins toward its separation from Memphis. Here are some milestones of the process.

The Memphis City Council gave final approval to the de-annexation of South Cordova Tuesday.

Efforts to preserve the birthplace of soul legend Aretha Franklin got another court extension Tuesday, with Environmental Court Judge Patrick Dandridge giving parties until April 23 to shore up plans.