NEW - Lake Chicot, AR: ‘Flying fish’ breaks boy’s teeth, frighten boaters, fishermen and swimmers.

UPDATE - Fayette County: County Commission tables controversial proposed ordinance to require fire sprinklers in new home construction. (Detailed story via Oakland News.)

Memphis City Schools: An army of tutors, paid with donations, to help improve student performance. D.A. Gibbons and City Councillor Collins appealing to ‘faith community’ for middle school help.

Also, a plea for student enrollment and attendance; it’s for the children money. Teacher layoffs scheduled to begin this week; WMC report and WREG and Fox13.

WPTY: Warnings signs of gangs.

Levitt Shell: They like it! They really like it! Fox13 report.

POLITICS: Helena, AR, vs. the ACLU over the 24 hour curfew. (Good background on this story, if you haven’t been following it.) Lakeland declines to buy Stonebridge course.

Deirdre Malone takes over as chair of the Shelby County Commission; the first African-American woman to do so. (Memphis Daily News story.) David Pryor takes charge of AR Democratic Party.

UMiss DeSoto: As a lead-up to the presidential debate in Oxford, a special lecture on the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates will be held this Wednesday. (More on Lincoln-Douglas debates here, with transcripts.)

Kudzu’s: ‘Pub theology’ or discussing the deeper things in life in unusual venues.

Cat’s Records: Succumbing to a drastically changing market.

Country Gardens Nursery: In contrast, a business success story.

HSA Commercial Real Estate: Buys its third property in Memphis.

Hurricane Gustav: It may be unpleasant to consider, but the evacuation of New Orleans had an upside for Memphis businesses.

NEW - Northwest Airlines: With oil trading around $100/barrel, fuel surcharges are being decreased.

NEW - Oasis of Hope: Hope Presbyterian infant mortality program gets unexpected national spotlight.

NEW - Nashville: Sloppy record-keeping and non-transparency may cost Nashville school system up to $35 million.

NEW - Digital TV: Wilmington, North Carolina, rolls out all-digital broadcast television test this week. National change coming in February, 2009.

Air National Guard: A report on their dedication ceremony for the new facility, with C-5A Galaxy. WMC report and one from WREG.

Autopills, Inc.: A home device that automatically dispenses medications.

Memphis Police Department: Steven Seagal will do recruiting ads for local police.

Memphis AIA: It’s Architecture Month!

Delta Trust Mortgage Corp.: The downward slide in mortgages in the ‘new normal.’

Hurricane Ike: The hype is already starting: National Hurricane Center; WPTY, WMC.

StepN2Mpress: Entrepreneurial spirit is motivator for new cleaning service.

Chandler Reports: New home sales decrease in August year-to-year by a ’staggering’ 60%.

Memphis Area Association of Realtors: Elects new board.

Tennessee State University: Potential six million dollar deficit may mean layoffs.

Medtronic: ‘Off-label’ use of their spinal surgery product being sharply discouraged after problems arise.

FireHouse Community Arts Center: Fanning the flames of art and music in Memphis.

Commercial Appeal: Suing bloggers is not a good idea.

Chris Peck: It was OK to single out Sarah Palin’s family for intense media scrutiny.

Commercial Appeal: The CSX rail-trail will be a good thing.

Collierville Independent: Georgia’s on my mind.

Walt’s World: Walt and Hanna.
 
 
 
 

Rustmeister: The Oprah Effect.

Did anyone see that?: Three (ironic) things.

Smart City Memphis: Needed: more community organisers.

The Chubby Vegetarian: A vegetarian club sandwich with delicious photo. Really!

Fertile Ground: Back to school.

Mediaverse: Memphis: Thoughts, links about Downs Syndrome babies, Sarah Palin and politics.

Panacea: Thoughts and memories from the Delta Fair.

Radio Sweethearts: Republicans and On The Media.

Long Tall Animals: On the anniversary of a father’s death.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: Baby thoughts.

Running With Dice: Role-playing game report from Shadows of Yesterday.

The Gates of Memphis: Bicyclist ‘attacked’ by Downtown police officer. There will be a protest bike ride later this month.

Jen-sized: No sports radio!

Fore Left!: Republican rebranding and Democratic desperation.