The Main Street Journal Website


All Eyes On Gustav: Mayor Wharton calls on Shelby County. WPTY: Evacuees arrive in the thousands; up to 6000? WREG. NOLAns no more. WMC: Yo-yo family.Two hurricanes too many: staying in Memphis. Task Force One. Commercial Appeal: After Gustav, what next? Most flee city. Stories of the evacuees.

List of shelters: here.
Red Cross appeal.
Commercial Appeal comment thread for sharing information.


Evacuees: Important Mississippi phone numbers & websites.


Memphis Business Journal: How will Gustav affect gas prices?


La Prensa Latina: Vivir sin miedo.


Listen Live: WWL radio in New Orleans.


Lee Redux: Mayor appoints former MLG&W head Joseph Lee to deputy parks director position. WREG.


Ophelia Ford: Funeral home director/senator objects to funeral home fees.


MATA: Sunday schedule for Labor Day.



Rep. G.A. Hardaway: “Media didn’t get facts straight.”

POLITICS: County Commissioner Lillard discusses county debt. Collierville Mayor Linda Kerley steps aside. A tearful goodbye. Millington mayor’s race a rematch between Terry Jones and Richard Hodges.


Shelby County: Germantown High sees freshman class explode in enrollment.


DeSoto County: Discount grocers gain in popularity.


 
Opinion and Blogs

The Conservative Zone: A turning point in life.


bitter/books: Thrifting at AMVETS.


artbutcher: Here is a List


My Memphis Lawyer’s Life and Work: A review of Iris.


Blake Fontenay: Hard times for local GOP.


Jen-sized: Back to school.


My Midtown Memphis: Umai review.


Otis Sanford: Excoriating the City Council.



The Gates of Memphis: Jolly Royal Moderne