Juvenile Court: An Appeals court judge has ruled the second JC judge’s position cannot be filled by the Shelby County Commission, but that the law authorising it (at the State level) is unconstitutional. The Commercial Appeal has more.

City Attorney Elbert Jefferson: He faxed in a note from his doctor and will now be on sick leave until four days after the special mayoral election. Veronica Coleman-Davis is running the office in his stead. Eyewitness News has more, as does the Commercial Appeal.

Commercial Appeal: The daily’s series on crime in Memphis continues. The main page. A guide to navigating what they offer.

Memphis’ Next Mayor: The Fox13 Insiders discuss the WREG / Commercial Appeal mayoral debate from Saturday. You can watch the entirety of that mayoral forum here. The Daily News has a report on the WREG / CA mayoral forum and statistics on early voting, so far. Word is that A C Wharton will skip the Cordova Leadership Council’s mayoral forum tonight. The Commercial Appeal sorts out the mayoral candidates by whether or not they support Police Chief Larry Godwin and Operation Blue Crush.

A look at who is showing up for early voting. A list of early voting locations and times. The Shelby County Election Commission website.

H1N1 Virus: LeBonheur Children’s Hospital is getting national attention for its “triage tent” idea. More on LeBonheur, from WMC. If you are pregnant, you are urged to get a swine flu shot. WREG’s Dr Manoj Jain walks you through how a doctor treats a patient with the swine flu.

Pink Palace Crafts Fair: The 37th annual event is this Thursday through Sunday and focuses on breast cancer awareness.

City of Memphis: An update on the effort to recoup some of the payments made in the settlement of the Joseph Lee affair.

Mississippi: Governor Haley Barbour is on a 13-day trip in Asia for the 9th Annual Forbes Global CEO Conference. More on the governor’s warning that fees may be raised next year to fix the under-funded budget without raising taxes.

FedEx: The company held it annual shareholders’ meeting at The Peabody.

Business: Harrah’s former East Memphis office has been foreclosed. Terri Walker of Walker Auctions was named the nation’s best women auctioneer by the National Auctioneers Association. Computable Genomix is launching a product that searches databases of research papers on genome research.

A business profile of Engineered Comfort, designers of energy conserving heating and cooling systems, from the Daily News.

People in business, from the Commercial Appeal.

Crime: The burglary report by ZIP code, for August, from Eyewitness News.

Germantown: The Board of Mayor and Aldermen gave approval to the senior retirement and assisted living facility on Poplar and Kimbrough, despite strenuous objections from nearby residents.

Arkansas: A report on the newly inaugurated State lottery. Remember, the ban on texting while driving goes into effect on Thursday.

TVA: The utility’s board lowered the fuel adjustment charge, which means lower bills for MLG&W customers this Winter.

Survey Says: People who surf the web are spending three times more time on social media and blogs! Ninety percent of people looking for work right now would consider a career change. Guess which company a poll by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair found best symbolised American business. Grads from the college Class of 2009 are most likely to receive career offers from teaching, management training and financial/treasury analysis.

DeSoto County: Walls firefighters are having a block party today! 36,000 attended the opening weekend of the Mid-South Fair.

Single Source School Funding: Read Commissioner Mike Carpenter’s press release and study the proposal itself. (DOC document) County Commissioner Mike Carpenter has released a plan for City / County school funding he says would raise County taxes a little and create a County source to fund both schools systems. More from the Daily News. County School Board chairman David Pickler says district leaders still oppose single-source funding.

Shelby County Trustee: The County Commission picked Regina Morrison Newman to fill the remaining term of Paul Mattila, who passed away. Newman, like Mattila, is a Democrat.

Oakland: The new DMC station will be sited poorly so that there is only one entrance — in the middle of a subdivision. More from Eyewitness News.

Summer Youth Employment Program: As many as thirteen hundred kids have still not been paid and there are no or missing records on their employment.

Politics: The national Accountability Now project of “progressive” Democrats that is targetting US Fifth District Congressman (and fellow Democrat) Jim Cooper explain what they are doing; more here. Cooper reacts. Chip Forrester, the chairman of the TN Democratic Party also speaks out. More from Nashville’s Post Politics blog.

Rumor on why Steve Brophy left as chief of staff for US Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. (4th item down; and the next item is about Speaker of the House Kent Williams telling Shelby County Republicans he will not campaign against incumbent Democrats, ie. for Brian Kelsey.) More on Speaker Williams’ new Republican fundraising effort, KPAC, which include Shelby County Republicans, too. Speaking of Kelsey, the National Federation of Independent Business has endorsed him in the State Senate District 31 race.

The Flyer’s Jackson Baker has a report from Saturday’s Shelby County Democratic Party BAD Picnic.
Lt Gov. Ron Ramsey says delaying implementation of the Voter Confidence Act of 2008 will be a primary agenda item for him, next session.

TN Common Cause says a 10% state income tax wouldn’t be needed for health care reform in the state; it would be 2%.

City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove: She was given until November 2 to accept a plea or go to trial. The Commercial Appeal takes up the story.

Medical Research: A Federal grant totalling $7.5 million will go to University of Tennessee Health Science Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Memphis for a wide range of research programs.

Stanford Financial Group: Following a fight with another inmate, R. Allen Stanford was returned to lockup.

Arlington / Lakeland Rotary Club: They are kicking off their Fall 2009 service project with a coat drive. New or used, children or adult.

Tennessee: Although the State will begin officially collecting all local and County business taxes on January 1, they are taking over compliance oversight later this year. Plans for the proposed Haywood County megasite have been released; no Fayette County land is involved.

Midtown: Historic Fire Station No. 11, on Union Avenue near McLean, is slated for a complete overhaul next year.

Memphis City Schools: A volunteer football coach and MPD police officer, Ronald Davis, is charged with violently restraining a student following an altercation involving gangs at Melrose High School.

Financial: The Alabama State Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the court order that froze executive compensation at Regions Bank.

The Tale of a Southern Belle: Test answers that ain’t quite right.

Left Wing Cracker: Sober-sides A C Wharton is lifting a pitcher (OK, probably not….) with Drinking Liberally on Wednesday.

Jen-sized: Satiric thoughts on American v. un-American.

Fertile Ground: A photo-report on the Nuts Over Art festival in Overton Park this past Saturday.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: Your Monday morning update on the news.

Student: Revisited: Pressures at school and insomnia. How many copies of a single book does a student need? She has an answer.

The Chubby Vegetarian: They went to new restaurant Grace in Cooper-Young and sound happy and excited.

THE INTERSECTION OF MADNESS AND REALITY: Thoguhts on television and children, and black children, and going outside.

sharp stick in the eye: Weddings, registries and gift selection.

Sassy Molassy: Several of the random currents running through her head.

Cwabs! Turning a Whiskey Sour into a jello shot-like congealed salad? Oooooo-kay.

Dining With Monkeys: You could guess this would happen: the family treks out to the new Chick-fil-A on Union.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: Bette went to an academic women writers conference over the weekend and comes back rapturised.

BEEB: Thoughts after a tour of Elmwood Cemetary.

artbutcher: Dwayne has a new/old studio, and some football bets.

55-40 Memphis: Asking Rep. Steve Cohen for a bit more certainty.

Downtown Memphis Blog: Missed opportunity.

Gilmour Girl Goes Memphis: A very busy weekend with bachelorette party, a duathlon and a new puppy.

Smart City Memphis: A discussion on Buehler Homes, their past actions and some prime downtown real estate they want.

Commercial Appeal: They endorse A C Wharton for Memphis mayor in the special election.