H1N1 Virus: More supplies of the vaccine are becoming available and so more clinics are offering it, but still Shelby County is running low. New study finds nearly half of swine flu victims were otherwise healthy.

DeSoto County: A Hernando man has been charged with wire fraud trying to embezzle from Verso Paper; more in the Commercial Appeal. The Hernando Public Library will have its Storytelling Festival this Saturday. (Library website here.) Despite heavy rains, more than 2000 people show up for a jobs fair at the DCCC; more from WREG and the CA.

Shelby County Schools: A controversial simplified behavioral grading system has been shelved for now.

Hispanic Business Alliance: They are celebrating a new Downtown office and a new partnership with the Mid-South Minority Business Council.

Tennessee: Our state’s share of Federal stimulus money spent comes to more than $200 million dollars. Speaking of stimulus funds, the University of Tennessee is buying 200 acres in the Haywood County megasite to build a solar power farm and educational center. An audit of the State’s Department of Veteran Affairs (PDF document) finds much room for improvement. A child advocacy group from New York is suing the State to have limits on foster care placements lifted.

Rhodes College: Their NASA Stars program has received $200,000 in funding from NASA, to promote science education.

Small Business Council: Members were warned earlier this week to keep an eye on their state’s legislature for new labor and employment regulations.

Business: Halloween sales are expected to hit a record $6 billion. American Residential Services/Rescue Rooter has acquired Efficient Attic Systems. International Paper declared its quarterly dividend. Mueller Industires has laid off 10% of its workforce.

People in business, from the Daily News, and more people, from the Commercial Appeal.

Bartlett: The Board of Mayor and Aldermen is preparing for the gun carry in public parks vote coming up in two weeks.

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital: They are partnering with Target and Procter & Gamble to raise funds via product sales, starting next week.

Cordova Retreat and Conference Center: The Baptist retreat has been sold to a different church within the denomination and will be renamed The Grove at Red Oak Lake, and will take on a slightly different mission.

Memphis Center for Independent Living: From patient to volunteer to full-time employee, Marion Bacon

Survey Says: Patients at the best hospitals are half as likely to die as at other hospitals. Equifax finds that consumer debt continues to shrink.

The Lowery Administration: More on City Councilwoman Wanda Halbert’s ethics complaint against attorney Ronald Krelstein and the City of Memphis, over the Joseph Lee payment matter. In other City news, a new contract was signed for EMS services which offer electronic services and ambulance laptops.

Shelby County Commission: More, from the Daily News, on the suit against a court ruling that blocked the creation of a second division in Juvenile Court. The County legal department has told Commissioners it is legal for them to lobby each other for the interim County mayor’s seat, if they are running for the position, and if A C Wharton wins as expected.

Pfc Brandon Owens: He was buried yesterday morning with many remembrances and testimonials. More reports from Eyewitness News, WREG and the Commercial Appeal.

Politics: In State House District 62, Republican Pat Marsh won. This does not mean that the House Speakership is up for vote again. Some thoughts on what the Republican win might mean going forward.

Shelby County Republican Party Chairman Lang Wiseman and his Democratic Party counterpart Van Turner faced off in a debate over universal health care, which the Flyer’s Jackson Baker reports on.

Memphis City Schools: They are teaming up with Head Start to “provide a seamless transition” from birth through high school.

Turrell: More shenanigans from the Arkansas town without a government as the City Council accuses the mayor of “playing tricks” with the municipal bank account.

University of Memphis: A health care coverage law passed last year protects students while at college. The “Get on the Ball” fundraiser for may have to wait for the weather to clear first. (via the Daily Helmsman) The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house was defaced with anti-Semitic symbols. More on this from WMC, Eyewitness News, WREG and the Commercial Appeal.

Mississippi: Governor Haley Barbour is asking State agencies to continue to look for efficiencies.

Arkansas: In Forrest City, concerns going unaddressed about an animal shelter as a YouTube video (WARNING: Video not work safe.) gets notice. More from WMC. Scheduled airline service will return to four cities later this year; more in the Daily News.

Real Estate: For the second time, homebuilders are pulling more permits than the previous quarter. The Shoppes at Misty Meadows was sold back to the loan bank.

Memphis Intermodal Facility: The BNSF Railyard on Lamar is readying to open next month.
 

William R. Moore School of Technology: The downtown vocational and technical school is seventy years old and its mission is even more relevant now, as witnessed by its high enrollment numbers.

Previously Posted: The College of Social Work at the UT Health Science Center will end its master’s program in social work in 2011.

Financial: While not expecting a complete turn-around, local banks do expect 3Q earnings to be up.

Germantown: A look at the more orderly and sedate politics there.

AlphaPatriot: A quote of the day from John F. Kennedy.

Can’t Stop: A report from the Chicago Marathon 2009.

Commontaries: Voter apathy.

Pretty in Pink Megan: A photo-report from Keeneland.

Radio Sweetheart: Thoughts on blogging and free stuff.

Commercial Appeal: The County Commission should not appeal a court ruling invalidating a second division of Juvenile Court. The Harold Buehler mess just points up the need for comprehensive neighborhood planning.

John Malmo: After years of mismanagement, Memphis needs a really good manager with excellent character as our next mayor. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Geoff Calkins: Where’s the voter excitement in our first post-Herenton mayoral race? (via the Commercial Appeal)

Dr Manoj Jain: The flu’s effects are far worse than the vaccine. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Mary Cashiola: Once again, comparing Memphis unfavorably to another city; this time, Detroit. (via the Flyer)

Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal: Mayoral candidate A C Wharton responds to the ISSUES FIRST! campaign.

Smart City Memphis: Local government as performance art.

String of Theories: Taking the out-of-town family to Central BBQ for the BBQ nachos!

The Chockley Blogs: Lots of random Downtown photos. More photos, from what looks to have been a fun and lovely wedding.

Notes from Memphis: ZING! to Karl Lagerfeld.

Panacea: After a long hiatus, she’s back with some artful if obscure prose.

Paul Ryburn’s Journal: iPhone apps and a Grizzlies game. Photos from the game!

Persian Pit Bull: A recommendation for Couples Retreat. Early voting and thoughts on politics. Dog v. vacuum cleaner, with pictures. Random berries.

Midtown Stomp: Barely back from the Washington vineyards and already yearning to return.

MemphisConnect: Your new small business could win $10,000 if you can successfully pitch it.

Memphis.Cool.Movies: They still need African-American extras for the Louis Gossett Jr film being made here.

Life as I know it from Memphis: Downtown Dining Week is coming up in November and sounds like a great deal!

Dining With Monkeys: An “underwhelming” experience at Vien Dong on Cleveland.

Fertile Ground: Feastival at Whitton Farms.