Memphis City Schools: The Flyer interviews Superintendent Kriner Cash on the funding lawsuit and finding the money. Students are wondering, with the down economy, if there are jobs for them when they graduate. The Central Nutrition Center is seeking the input of students in meal planning.

Delta Air Lines: Delta supports the pre-merger plan of their flight attendants regarding seniority of post-merger employees.

Memphis Crime: Mayor AC Wharton is calling a ‘Community Congress on Crime to discuss approaches to fighting crime. Would you know if your child was in a gang? How much of a threat are gangs?

Minglewood Plaza: A look at Midtown’s new mid-level performance hall and entertainment center. More from the CA.

Memphis Literacy Council: They are seeking more volunteers to tutor as they seek to expand programs. Training is free and only takes two partial days.

University of Memphis: The Land Use Control Board approved the University District Neighborhood zoning plan. The school’s chapter of the NAACP is celebrating the organisation’s centennial anniversary today. Although forced furloughs were approved by the TN Board of Regents as a budget cutting measure, university president Shirley Raines doesn’t expect to use them here. Privacy in the dorms comes at a premium. In related news, students who haven’t yet begun the process of financial aid for the next school year need to get moving.

Survey Says: The Urban Child Institute claims Shelby County lost $1.5 billion in GDP due to child poverty. Foreclosures in TN fell 10% over December, but rose 18% over January 2008. And, Robert Half Legal says demand for legal professionals is up.

Home Ownership: Thirty year mortgage rates fell last week. TN may have turned the corner on foreclosures: almost 6% fewer than last month and almost 14% fewer than January 2008! Median home prices dropped in 4Q 2008.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: They received a $322,000 grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services for clinical research into Parkinson’s disease.

Advent Arlington Presbyterian Church: Suffering from declining membership, one church merged into another and a new congregation was born.

Valentine’s Day: If you lost your job or home recently, you can still give your sweetie a sterling silver necklace, courtesy of Robins Jewelry in Collierville. Also, some retailers are getting very creative in pushing the holiday.

Millington: Two cases of fraudulently filed income tax returns have turned up recently.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: They are teaming up with Indie Memphis to offer ‘Film Fest Favorites’. The first film offered is In Search of a Midnight Kiss. More are coming.

TVA: They are cutting rates by 7%, which should translate into a $4 - 9/month utility bill drop. They also reported a loss of $305 million in 1Q 2009. More from WMC. Also, Mike Duncan, the former head of the Republican National Committee, was named chairman of their board of directors.

Mid-South Fair: They have reached an agreement with Desoto Civic Center as a site for the 2009 Fair. More from Fox13, WMC, Daily News and the Commercial Appeal.

FedEx: Some employees claim they don’t get all employee benefits..

BUSINESS: Some good news! January retail sales rose in January. Highwoods Properties beat 4Q expectations, but is warning about 2009. Real Times Media, owner of the Tri-State Defender, has acquired Who’s Who Publishing Company of Columbus, Ohio, and its entire portfolio of Who’s Who publications. Germantown Parkway shopping center sells for $6 million to Australian Alea Properties. US businesses cut inventories by 1.3% in December. Smith & Nephew saw solid earnings increases for last year and 4Q. Also, they are going into the extremities surgical products market.

People in Business, from the CA, for Friday.

Good Morning Memphis: How Goodwill Industries is helping provide jobs. Some more tax tips from the IRS and also some advice on mortgages and foreclosures. The Shriner’s Circus is coming to town.

NAACP: Celebrating their 100th anniversary, the organisation finds itself at an unexpected crossroads. More from Eyewitness News. Hundreds turn out for a celebration in Little Rock, Ar.

Memphis Police Department: A police officer, Lt. Sandra Palmer, has been relieved of duty for leaking police documents to a blogger. Thaddeus Matthews presents his side of the story in “Opinions and Blogs” below.

Juvenile Court: Having lost the contract to collect child support payments, the court expects to lay off up to 200 people. More from the Commercial Appeal.

DeSoto County: Vicky Reel becomes the first female mayoral candidate for Olive Branch. DeSoto County Supervisor Jessie Medlin has also filed in that race. The bill in the Legislature, to allow construction of a new hospital in Olive Branch, cleared the State Senate.

POLITICS: The State prosecutor says Rep. Brian Kelsey did not commit extortion earlier in this year’s session, via a text message; more from the CA. Ralph Cole, who once held the same House seat that Speaker Kent Williams now holds, wants the TN Republican Party to make public the committee votes on Williams’ expulsion from the party. Rep. Mike Turner is back at work after being hospitalised for a day; he is fine, if stressed.

A study shows that the Ninth US Congressional District (Memphis) would get the least impact in terms of jobs from Federal stimulus funds of any TN district. From the Daily News, a recap of Rep. Steve Cohen’s conference call after voting for the stimulus package.

A complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission against US Rep. Marsha Blackburn, alleging she was mishandling campaign funds, was dismissed.

Memphis Health Center: Charges against the clinics and CEO William L. Jackson were found invalid and dismissed by Federal investigators.

ARKANSAS: The House votes to ban partial birth abortions. Rep. Frank Glidewell has introduced a bill to repeal almost all grocery sales taxes; some reduction of the tax is expected.

Looney Ricks Kiss Architects: Carson Looney was named one of the “30 Most Influential People in Home Building of the Last 30 Years” by Builder magazine. The CA also files a report.

International Folk Alliance Conference: It is coming to Memphis next week and bringing a lot of music stars with it.

MISSISSIPPI: House approves bill to allow ‘age appropriate’ sex education. Another bill, attempting to reform lobbying regulations, failed. US Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have secured $4 million in funding for state airports. Governor Haley Barbour is campaigning to have the MS Country Music Trail, to honor the state’s many musicians.

The Flyer: Calling on MIssissippi and Arkansas to step up and help fund The Med.

Thaddeus Matthews: Providing information to him drives you crazy?

Pretty in Pink Megan:: Some pics of her wedding shoes!

Notes from Memphis: Rooftop gardens downtown.

Moments in Time: Natalie is growing like a weed and she isn’t even here yet.

Jen-sized: Opposing the bills in the Legislature prohibiting gay adoption.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: The kinds of students teachers get these days.

BEEB: Her child is speaking in sentences, so here’s a glossary of what they mean.

Commercial Appeal: Lift the ban of photographing flag-draped coffins in transit. Critics of the stimulus package need to quiet down so the money can flow.

Bigger Than Your Head: What wine do you serve with steelhead salmon?

artbutcher: A short and humble poem.

a field guide to urban memphis: Twenty-five things from the ESL conversation starter that you probably didn’t know about her.

Fore Left! Us vs. them vs. the other thems who are us. And, what he believes.

I’ll be the one in heels: Getting caught in a false Spring fashion mistake.