UPDATE - LaToya Lusk: Remains of LaToya Lusk identified in Coldwater River bottoms. WMC report.

UPDATE - Semmes Street: Following up Thaddeus Matthew’s post on heavy truck traffic along Semmes WREG’s Mike Matthews investigates.

Live@9: A discussion of politics on Monday’s show with local political party leaders.

City of Memphis: City Council wants answers on why some temp workers seem permanent.

University of Memphis: The Dept. of Architecture is completing an eco-friendly demonstration home downtown. University English classes having to teach students basic English … ya srsly, ZOMG LOL!

YMCA: Nuevo inicio del Programa Logros Multiculturales del YMCA.

Memphis Police Department: Officer and murder suspect Chancy Jones gets $200,000 bond. Family of victim is angry. (via Fox13)

Second officer arrest: Regina Thompson arrested and “charged with aggravated burglary and assault stemming from a domestic violence incident.” (Via WREG) Fox13 report. My Eyewitness News report. The CA reports.

MPD seeks to widen the all-seeing eye of video surveillance. (via the CA)

Shelby County Sheriff’s Department: Former deputy Alvin Dortch arrested and charged with “reckless homicide, reckless endangerment, three counts of official misconduct, official oppression, and two counts of false offense report. He posted his $5000 bond. More reports from Fox13 and WMC. And the story from the CA.

Texting While Driving: Sheriffs plan to crack down.

Arkansas: Lieutenant Governor campaigns for a state lottery in West Memphis; WMC report. Crittenden County landfill closes over regulatory questions; county now has no landfill as trash piles up. WMC report.

Previously Posted Stories: TSU: Missing student financial and personal data recovered, but circumstances still leave many questions. WMC report. First United Methodist Church downtown groundbreaking, via the CA.

Active Implants / InMotion: Partnership in medical research isproducing exciting results.

Service Assurance: Protecting business data requires positive, pro-active action.

UPDATING - Gas Gouging: Arkansas Attorney General is readying indictments against gas stations accused of price gouging last weekend. Via My Eyewitness News, one vendor defends his pricing. And a relink to a primer on why gas prices went berserk this weekend. Also, a local story of the craze.

NEW - Hickory Ridge Mall: The Commercial Appeal has a bare-bones, unsourced story, with a quote from something, that the city wants to explore buying the vacant mall.

Memphis Housing: Multifamily housing one of the few strong sectors of housing economy.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gas Pricing: Prosecutions may result over complaints on gas prices. Fox13 report. My Eyewitness News report. WMC report.

POLITICS: Shelby County considering selling its part of several public properties, including the Pyramid. Commercial Appeal report. Shelby County Election Commission will investigate claims State Rep. Larry Miller doesn’t live in his district. Local charter schools are excited and hopeful following presidential campaign talk. City Council considering selling bonds for the school system. Would they be ‘War [on Ignorance] bonds’?

State Senator Rosalind Kurita, booted from the Democratic Party over the weekend, filed Monday to run as a write-in candidate in her district. (See also LeftWing Cracker’s blog post below.)

Former County Commissioner and current interim City Councilman Jack Sammons trying to bring mixed martial arts to the Mid-South.

Animal Cruelty Task Force: Crumbling case frees two men charged in puppy-burning incident.

Memphis Murder: Is it tougher “gun laws” as the story claims or tougher charges and longer sentencing that’s needed?

LeMoyne-Owen College: Federal grant of $500,000 to help with basic purchases.

Tennessee Health Management: They are about to open a new facility downtown.

WKNO: Public television to educate the public on the coming digital broadcast television switch-over.

Church Health Center: Memphis’ volunteer health miracle moves health maintenance into local churches.

DeSoto County: The fight over the Wicker/Musgrove ballot in Mississippi Senate race continues.

Inventor turns an experience at Christian Brothers’ playing fields into a “sock for the outside.”

polar donkey: An open invitation to Obama, with two suggestions.

Rustmeister: NFL thoughts and noting a disparity in the Obama campaign.

Brain Release Valve: Found at Viet Hoa.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sassy Molassy: A teacher’s thoughts on the MCS budget cuts.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: A little bit of everything: NFL, hurricanes, cats and Oprah.

Thaddeus Matthews: Is the City of Memphis discriminating against the residents of Semmes Street?

The Chubby Vegetarian: Fun with potatoes!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Secret Agent Mom: One mother’s very special moment in time.

The Pesky Fly: Jeff sees conspiracies in the housing market / foreclosure crisis and the price of oil

Joe Larkins: Beards, a Cooper-Young Festival thought, social networking and the Station Down on the River.

Squirrel Squad Sqeeks: Heartbreak and lessons learned, raising chickens.

Vegan Crunk: The B-52s and concert picnicking.
 
 
 

Commercial Appeal: Bad news, bad decisions and bad actors all around, but hey! At least we’re upbeat.

Chick Chat: Naming children after former presidents?

LeftWing Cracker: Hate the game; support your team.