Memphis City Council: Several Council members are upset with school officials for giving out raises to administrators as well as teachers when only teachers got the State-mandated 1.6% raise.

Endless Election Season: There will be a mayoral election in Arlington on September 15. The Election Commission certified election ballots Thursday. There are 14 candidates for the uncontested City Council seat in District Seven.

The Wharton Administration: Mayor A C Wharton is presenting a pension overhaul to hopefully implement it by October 1. The City pays $21,000/month for cell phones for employees. He is warning Memphians about the heat.

Memphis City Schools: Seven thousand teachers had mandatory in-service training on the new evaluation program.

Post Office Closures” US Representative Steve Cohen protests the closing of six post office branches in Memphis. He made a “special pitch” for the Downtown branch.

Heat Deaths: A Memphis police officer, Anthony Rahming, is believed to have died early Thursday from heat exposure on Wednesday. He left work early, feeling sick. Police now want a change in the hot weather policy. More from WMC.

Jerdean Johnson died in his apartment from Wednesday’s record-setting heat. He lived in an apartment without utilities. More from ABC24, the Commercial Appeal.

Little Rock’s high on Wednesday was 114 degrees. The City has opened a heat relief center; more from WMC. MLG&W’s Glen Thomas tells you what help for the heat they offer. Also, what the City of Memphis offers in heat relief. Did you know the heat is dangerous to your car? Heightened alert. Emergency rooms are prepared. Air conditionisn repairmen are well worth the money they charge.

Shelby County Commission: New committee heads were announced.

Politics: Despite being a spending-cut pioneer, US Senator Bob Corker remains on tea party hit lists.

Real Estate: The 10 worst real estate markets, and Memphis is #3. The Commercial Appeal talks to local realtors about the report.

Internet Exclusive: Corporate Welfare and Government Waste: The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization that has just released their 2011 Pork Report on State government waste, fraud and mis-spending. The report can be read here.

Internet Exclusive: Herman Cain for President: Mississippi Tea Party activist Doctor Ed “Doc” Holliday says the only man who stands a chance of defeating President Barack Obama in 2012 is Republican candidate Herman Cain, and he lays out why.

Unemployment: Memphis unemployment rose to 10.9%.

Downtown: For one day, downtown drivers will be inconvenienced in parking to make a point about parking and cars. More on the Downtown Memphis Commission’s effort to update the signage requirements.

Millington: Mayor Richard Hodges says he’s not talking with certain department heads since an investigation was launched in the town.

Shelby County Schools: Six hundred families have been denied residency claims in Shelby County. Such “shared residency” claims are investigated.

Sales Tax Holiday: The sales tax holiday isn’t as popular as it once was. It runs today through Sunday. The Flyer explains it all for you.

Memphis Animal Shelter: The owner of the dog who allegedly died while in custody of animal control officer Demetria Hogan the day she would be disciplined, is angry Hogan will not be disciplined.

DeSoto Country: School kicked off Thursday. Due to the hot weather, the dress code has been relaxed, a bit. An anti-bullying rally has been set for Saturday in Horn Lake.

Grizzlies: If the NBA lockout continues, it will affect revenues enough the City and County will have to pony up some money to make bond payments.

Tennessee: The State’s bonds will keep their top Moody’s rating now that a deal has been reached on the debt-ceiling in Congress.

Business: Memphis’ publicly-traded companies were in the red yesterday. The owner of Mortimer’s is now an unemployment benefits reform activist.

From the Business Journal, People on the Move. And the Daily News reports Today’s Events.

Pinnacle: Their shares lost 13 cents a share in the second quarter, due to labor and fuel costs. That was a $2.4 million dollar loss. More from the Commercial Appeal.

Wendi C. Thomas: She naturally focuses on the race and class issues of the Memphis Farmers Market situation last weekend. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Beth Brock: The president of the Memphis Farmers Market board explains just what happened at last Saturday market. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Commercial Appeal: Mortgage foreclosure and copper theft–insult to injury.

FUNdraising: Economic impact and charitable giving at your family reunion. (via the Daily News)

Flyer: They wish the President had used the “two trillion-dollar coin” solution to the national debt crisis. Ohhhhh-kay….

John Branston: When government jobs are “the backbone of the middle class in Memphis” maybe you’re doing something wrong? (via the Flyer)

Because I Said So: Fitting “our circular summer selves into the square peg holes of school days. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Memphasis: A bowl of hope at Caritas Village. (via the Daily News)