Holocaust Museum Shooter: US Representative Steve Cohen has released a statement. He had been scheduled to attend an event there that evening. WMC report on the shooting.

Memphis City Schools: More on the controversial block schedules for students proposed for next school year. Superintendent Kriner Cash has started the Memphis Literacy Corps program to try to bring students held back or working below grade level back to the norm.

Business: The deadline for emergency disaster loans for the past year’s drought and winds from the Small Business Association is July 1. Home Depot is reporting its full-year earnings may be better than forecast.

A profession profile of Emily Clark, of United Housing, foreclosure prevention counsellors. A short interview with Valerie Walsh Johnson of Baker, Donelson on intellectual property practice. Both are from the Daily News.

People in Business, from the CA.

Land Use Control Board: They are meeting today, beginning at 10AM in City Council chambers, downtown.

University of Memphis: The dean of the College of Education, Don Wagner, has formed an advisory council to serve as ambassadors for the college and to provide guidance.

Memphis Center for Reproductive Health: They received a bomb threat Wednesday evening. More from Eyewitness News and the Commercial Appeal.

Mediaverse: Memphis’ journalism watchdog and news blog will be on hiatus until Sept. 20. Good luck, Richard.

Lambuth University: Oops! It turns out the plan for the State to get financially involved, including potentially buying the financially troubled school, was news to school administrators!

Downtown: A new fitness center, Envision Experience, is set to open in the Cadre Building. The TN department of archeology is in town examining the Fort Pickering site before work is done

Food Bank: Community groups like Memphis Area Master Gardeners are stepping in to fill the increased needs of the Food Bank by starting community gardens!

Metropolitan Planning Organization: The rail line running alongside Southern Avenue, Park Avenue and Poplar Pike will be the subject of a series of public meetings seeking comment on its impact.

Grand Junction: Rhodes College archeology students are at the Ames Plantation studying the estimated 200-plus homesteads and prehistoric sites there.

Banking: The Federal Reserve has approved the capital plan for Regions Bank to raise $2.5 billion.

Mississippi: Stalled budget talks won’t keep Governor Haley Barbour from presidential campaign exploratory stops in Iowa and New Hampshire later this month; more in the CA. A new energy policy institute has been created to advise the State.

The Economy: The Federal Reserve of St Louis’ Eighth District Beige Book is still bad news for Memphis. Summary is here. The economy is impacting all kinds of life decisions.

Military: Because the armed services are meeting their recruiting goals, they have raised the education minimum to require a high school diploma, and not just a GED.

On the Block: We ask local leaders about important issues of the day. This week: Do politicians from West Tennessee start with a location advantage or a location disadvantage in state-wide races?

Shelby County Commission: They will consider the proposed MSARC turnover at Monday’s session to see if they are being handed more trouble than is known. Also, a committee of the Commission has voted to donate its share of the Coliseum and the Liberty Bowl properties to the City; more from the CA. And it looks like a lot fewer jobs will need to be cut to balance the County’s budget.

Aerotropolis: The Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce is hoping to expand the aerotropolis concept into ancillary areas. This will be discussed at a Tuesday meeting of the Certified Commercial Investment Members.

St Jude’s Classic Golf Tournament: With no title sponsor now and only temporaray sponsors filling in this year, the local tournament’s future may be in jeopardy.

Politics: TN Republican senators have produced a draft amendment of their proposed changes to the Bredesen budget; more from Fox13. Future funding for the Governor’s Pre-K program is in question in budget discussions. The vote on extending the TN Ethics Commission is two new members and a Republican majority. Another specialty license plate has been ruled unconstitutional.

Former US Congressman Harold Ford Sr will return to Memphis and travel to Washington to host two fundraisers for his once-removed successor, Representative Steve Cohen, later this month!

The Flyer’s Jackson Baker surveys the scene on the County mayor’s race and the City Court Clerk race.

Background on the State Senate fight between Jim Kyle and Mark Norris over judicial selection.

LeBonheur Children’s Hospital: They are already accepting submissions for the Children’s Holiday Card Art Contest.

Desoto County: The Federal government’s program to provide first-time home buyers with tens of thousands in loans isn’t finding many takers here.

Memphis Motorsports Park: They are teaming up with Sun Studios and O’Reilly Auto Parts to award a Sund Studios acoustic guitar winners of NASCAR race days this Summer!

Commercial Appeal: Will you soon be paying to read the paper online? Could be, says E. W. Scripps Chief Executive Officer Richard Boehne. A related story on “monetizing content” and USA Today.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: Local researchers have their own startup, ARISTE Medical, that has a product going to clinical trials that’s getting national buzz. In other Center news, they have designed and are freely distributing, family health history booklets.

Digital Switchover: Still more on Friday’s big switch to digital broadcast television. Remember, without cable boxes or converter boxes, your TV may not work properly. Official government site is here.

Lobbying: A look at which agencies in town are (sometimes) spending your dollars to lobby Washington.

Memphis Youth Manifesto: More on the community-developed plan to create a better city to raise kids in. (via the Tri-State Defender)

Arkansas: The State’s Attorney General has approved a ballot measure allowing four year terms, instead of two, for some Counties’ officers. Three conservation groups are trying to block a $54 million rate hike intended to fund a new power plant.

DeSoto County: At R. S. Discount Grocery, or the “Bent and Dent,” if you don’t mind the imperfections, you can find some great deals.

Pinnacle Airlines: They had the nation’s second-highest on-time arrivals rate for April.

The Chockley Blogs: Kids say the cutest things.

Gilmour Girl Goes Memphis: Sometimes you are the bug and sometimes you’re the windshield.

vibinc: A pro-choicer’s thoughts on the “anti-choice” side.

RIPPa: The mix of guns, alcohol and religion is a dangerous one.

Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal: They are concerned at the County Commission’s hesitation with regards to MSARC.

joelarkins: If the local daily folded, how would local television news fare? And some local media people news, too.

LeftWing Cracker: More on the new exhibit at the Center for Southern Folklore.

That’s My B: Going stir-crazy in solitary.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: A long and hilarious tale of working out at the gym. (Warning: A couple of pictures in the post may not be work safe.)

Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease: Pointing out a flaw in the anti-gun carry hysteria. Observations from starting the new job and updates on her illness.

Wendi C. Thomas: Girls, Inc. really does help girls become young women. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Smart City Memphis: Arguing for more from MATA.

(Lang Wiseman) Random Thoughts: A cross-party shoutout for City Councilman Jim Strickland. Some advice on perfectionism. And, are you a moderator or an abstainer?

Radio Sweethearts: Do you know the Stanky Legg? Comes with silly, annoying video.

Commercial Appeal: It was the right thing to do, dropping the Overton Park retention basin plan. Students and teachers should give the MCS plan for block scheduling a chance.

quite swimmingly: She wants to do a series of articles for the LampLighter paper about Cooper-Young houses and you can help!

Pretty in Pink Megan: Which is your brand of coffee?

The Gadfly: Turning a profit in the death and marriage racket. (via the Memphis Flyer)

Corey Green: The things we do to get that edge. (via the Tri-State Defender)

Phyllis Fickling: Health, wellness and spirituality go together. (via the Tri-State Defender)

Because I Said So: It just isn’t Summer without an inflatable backyard pool, (via the Commercial Appeal)

Doug Johnson: Thoughts on how ready Memphis for the digital television switch.

My Memphis Attorney: A quick review from the Beignet Cafe.

MemphisConnect: The Center for Southern Folklore has a single exhibit that tracks Memphis from the Twenties to the Sixties!

Long Tall Animals: The new preacher at the old country church upsets her.