Shelby County: Enforcement of driver’s insurance laws by sheriff’s deputies is a problem.

Meeting between Mayor Wharton, The Med and AmeriChoice over Medicaid reimbursements ends with stalemate.

COGIC Convocation: A report on opening day. More.
 
 

Memphis City Council: Working on a censure measure against Councilwoman Fullilove. And Joseph Lee’s legal fees are back on the agenda.

BUSINESS: REIT Parkway Properties has reduced earnings in 3Q. And Wright Medical sees a 3Q profit; related CA story. An analyst predicts a good year for the airline industry; more from the Daily News. Similar story from My Eyewitness News.

In this market, some creative realty is called for.

Delta Airlines CEO will get almost $14 million in stock over NWA buyout?

Memphis Area Teachers Credit Union: Now offering home and auto insurance.

La Prensa Latina: Desempleo al alza. (Unemployment is up.)

Memphis Magazine: Through November 21, you can vote in their Readers’ Restaurant Poll.

European American Unity and Rights Conference: DeSoto County declares a state of emergency ahead of conference. More from WMC, the CA.

Change Memphis: Volunteer group helping prepare voters for today’s election.

Cooper-Young: Brokers work with neighborhood association, cops and each other to clean up Seattle Street.

University of Memphis: State budget cuts are beginning to affect the library.

MISSISSIPPI: Trial set for Olive Branch man who threatened the President via the Internet. WMC story. Also, state weighs cuts to DeSoto County schools budget.

Millington: Board of Aldermen vote to wait on Barret Oaks development.

Shelby County Commission: Work begins on restricting ‘payday loan’ businesses. Commissioners fighting for Referendum 5.

Gardens of Germantown: Sixty-two bed Alzheimer’s facility set to start construction.

MLG&W: Cheryl Patterson named new VP and general counsel.

Circuit City: Company announces store closings, including two in Memphis. More from My Eyewitness News, WMC, WREG, the Daily News, the Commercial Appeal.
 

POLITICS: Interviews with the candidates for Bartlett’s Municipal Judge Division 2 position, via the Bartlett Express. Collierville will also have municpal elections; this story points up the offices and links to candidate YouTube video.

A Daily News profile of political operative and insider, Chip Saltsman.

Shelby County Republican Party satisfied with DA’s actions in Germantown fraudulent ballot case.

Memphis City Schools: Superintendent Kriner Cash sits down with La Prensa Latina to talk plans and his first 100 days. (Interview in Spanish and English.) Similar story from WMC. Is night school the answer?

City vandalism is costing MCS alone almost $400,000. The system is now developing security systems in wake of laptop thefts.

Memphis International Airport: After a computer breakdown, the FAA is investigating. More from WMC.

Toys For Tots: Charity believes a local pair has been running scams using their name, possibly for years.

TENNESSEE: TN vs. MS aquifer rights case, to control who pumps how much water from the Memphis Aquifer, is set to open in Federal Court. Story from WMC, the Daily News.

Hunting season is sometimes cheating season!

The state budget is running short, but legislators give themselves a 5% pay raise. More from the Daily News.

Hinton Park: Collierville’s next public park will be designed by Alex Garvin and Associates.

Shelby County Drug Court: A quick review of its first year.

The Soundcheck & the Fury: Frontier Ruckus!

Buck’s Blog: Some free food offers for Election Day!

Jen-sized: Even rednecks have had enough.

Pretty in Pink Megan: A two-fer! A trip to Pottery Barn and then some photos of an unfortunate dog.

Dining With Monkeys: A Saturday late lunch at Bruno’s.

Urf!: Vote for Pepsi or Joshua.

Fertile Ground: More thoughts on Saturday’s last Rock-n-Romp and a lot more pictures, too.

Commercial Appeal: Despite long lines and high emotions today, be nice please.

A Right Perspective: Searching for your baby’s unmarked grave forty years later and correcting a mistake.

Commontaries: Condolences to Barack Obama on the death of his grandmother.

Too Lazy to Fail: A two-fer! A fat cat and a box, then ‘Get rid of that nickel plated sissy pistol‘.

The English Major Bookstore: Poets!

Panacea: Pre-election gloom over what’s bad in America.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: A report from her big Halloween party, with lots of pictures.
 

Ashley la Rouge: The open road is calling her.

Brain Release Valve: Those odd five percenters.