School Menus: Memphis City schools here and Shelby County schools here.

Bartlett: City administrators are finding more ways to cut the budget than they initially expected. Ater two months off, due to lack of business, the Planning Commission will be meeting tonight.

DeSoto County: State’s Public Health Department says county needs a new hospital, like the proposed Methodist LeBonheur hospital. Parkway Grove Park has, with minimal work, been remade into a children’s park. Southaven jobs openings in Parks division draws crowds. Horn Lake will refurbish Wooten Park and is debating a contract for the new fire station. The 911 call center got a free facelift recently.

Memphis Crime: Police and businesses are turning more and more to the social web and a program called ALERT to publicise criminals and catch them. It’s working, too. The new family living in the home of the Lester Street Massacre is doing fine, even with the memories. Christian Brothers University class on forensic science teaches the investigators of tomorrow.

Beale Street: The new problem? Drunk birds. More from Eyewitness News, WMC. More on the City’s lawsuit against John Elkington.

February Farewell Snowfall: This past weekend’s snowstorm was the most snow in Memphis in forty years! More from Fox13, Eyewitness News (and again) and WREG. Not all the ice on the roads is melted yet, though it’s getting better. See Opinions and Blogs further down for much more on the snow. Snow pics from WREG.

Shelby County Sheriff: Sheriff Mark Luttrell was named Sheriff of the Year for 2009.

University of Tennessee: The effects of the stimulus money on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are unknown right now, since numbers are known either. The University of TN is expected to ask the Board of Regents to approve their new interim presidential choice this week. More on the UT system’s problems from Fox13.

Shelby County Dental Society: Three sites for free screenings and extractions saw hundreds and turned away hundreds more.

Millington: New mayor, Richard Hodges, is staying busy.

Stanford Financial Group: The SEC has issued an amended complaint in the case; more from the Business Journal, the Daily News, the Flyer (and again). Laura Pendergest-Holt missed chance to cooperate in investigation and has been arrested. Memphis area employees of Stanford haven’t been paid.

Pink Palace: New focus and new exhibits for the “Mid-South’s attic.”

Germantown: The Parks and Recreation Commission wants the city’s leaders to lobby Nashville against gun carry in parks.

Main Street Journal: Rescued: The Fight to Save Our Historic Buildings by Lance Allen and The Battle: The Shelby County Schools System is Still in the Fight for Special School Districts by Michael Roy Hollihan.
Chuck Bates presents Part Two of Socialism Not Seen Since FDR. You can peruse the Table of Contents here.

Memphis City Council: Two new ordinances to reform practice at the Memphis Animal Shelter and stop the roadside sale of dogs are coming up. The arts community is looking forward to recognition for work on Broad Avenue this week.

MISSISSIPPI: School sex ed bill is still not a sure thing for passage. Mississippi Outdoors for the first week of March. Ten thousand apply for 1300 Federal Census jobs.

Airlines: Pinnacle Airlines is now being sued by the relatives of those who died in the February Buffalo, New York, crash; more from the Daily News, WMC. Northwest Airlines mechanics will work in a union-free shop under Delta. Delta and Northwest are rolling out electronic ticketing — no paper tickets or boarding passes; more from the Business Journal. Delaware North, an airline hospitality company, is opening a lounge at Memphis International.

West Memphis 3 Innocence Project: They are in the Mid-South, collecting more evidence in the 1993 case.

BUSINESS: A report on the Memphis Advertising Federation’s ADDY awards for this year. Also, the Black Business Association presented their BENNYS for 2008 and black entrepreneurship.

The Memphis Foreclosure Home Tour is, unfortunately, doing well. The Gap saw a 4Q profit loss. Scripps Networks (not the division that owns the Commercial Appeal) paid its CEO $5.4 million last year.

Nine of fifteen area banks showed red last year. TN banks lost over $200 million in 2008. Banks are worrying about how the new Federal budget will affect them. The FDIC is going to raise some costs and add a new fee.

Medtronic will cut an unspecified number of jobs beginning May 1.

A business profile of computer programming company Coroutine and from the Daily News, a business profile of Archicast.

People in Business, from the CA, for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Shelby County Schools: The Daily News reports on the differences between City and County searches for new superintendents. More from Fox13, WREG. In a somewhat related story, employees of Cricket donated $1200 to the Memphis City Schools to help homeless students.

TENNESSEE: State was able to attract two major companies, both in solar energy research, by offering to pay some of their taxes, on carbon. More from WMC.

Local Media: More on the Commercial Appeal’s 23 job cuts that are soon to come, and possible other moves the paper could make, via the Flyer. The CA continues to come under fire for their concealed carry handgun permit database. The Tri-State Defender has a new ‘All About Town’ correspondent, Nyah Nile, who will also be appearing on Comcast Channel 17.

ARKANSAS: A website is available for people to track the spread of Federal stimulus monies. Bill introduced to remove ‘recovering a gambling loss or debt’ as a justification in some violent crimes.

Memphis Veterans Medical Center: The fired psychologist, Dr. Sidney Ornduff, is now may be having her license revoked.

Oakland: The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the Hickory Trails commercial / residential project due to be built south of Highway 64. (via the Oakland News)

Volunteer Mid-South: Record numbers attend this year’s fair for 100 agencies and non-profits.

a field guide to urban memphis: Lessons of life in a game of Monopoly.

AlphaPatriot: Loving the ‘Honk’ bumper sticker and charting the start of the bear market.

Marty Aussenburg: What to do when the financial industry’s watchmen aren’t doing their job?

Buck’s Blog: He’s probably overworking himself and not doing what he likes.

Common Ground: Thoughts on Tavis Smiley as a gatekeeper.

16 Balls in the Air: Feather, kids and a dry erase marker, all before 10AM.

BEEB: A rewarding visit to the Woodruff-Fontaine House.

Cwabs! Fonts no one’s thought of … until now.

Fertile Ground: Her six-year old is almost as tech-savvy as she is; making music at her kids’ school.

I’ll be the one in heels: High school seems to have never gone away on Facebook.

Smart City Memphis: Lots of people responding to their ‘10 Things I Like About Memphis’ challenge. Just start at the top and start scrolling!

Joe Larkins: Advice on having an action plan for employment, even if you are high up the management chain, and new technologies.

Panacea: Not sure what the music sounded like, but she really enjoyed the concert.

Left Wing Cracker: An appreciation of Paul Harvey; thoughts on selling wine in grocery stores; and a reminder of Shelby County Democratic party business.

Life as I know it from Memphis: Beale Street Music Fest is coming up and dreaming of pools.

Commercial Appeal: Replacing Shelby Schools Superintendent Bobby Webb won’t be easy. Slowing down on building a new convention center. Veterans should be our number one priority. Praise for Sheriff Luttrell winning Sheriff of the Year. Homeowner / bankruptcy bill in Congress needs to be passed quickly.

Otis L. Sanford: The selection of Matt Kuhn to the County Commission was the fault of the Republicans.

Chris Peck: Be nice to the super-rich so they continue to support the arts and non-profits sectors. And the not-quite-so rich, too.

Make It Happen: Wow, running a 5K race … without a watch!

Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease: Unpleasant encounters with MATA busses; a summary of some of the pro-gun bills in the House;

The English Major Bookstore: Meet … Harumph!

Wendi C. Thomas: Not everyone is afraid to talk about race.