Bill Dries interviews Steve Mulroy.

Bill Dries interviews Janika White.

Bill Dries interviews Linda Harris.

The position is one seen under different titles at animal shelters in other cities. The goal is to reunite pets with owners and reduce the need for space at MAS.

The agreement, which also preserves the Overton Park greensward in its entirely, draws on a lot of the ideas that have been proposed individually during the years-long controversy.

Ken Moody has got the one-on-one challenge of incumbent County Mayor Lee Harris he wanted in the May Democratic primary. In The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast he talks about challenging an incumbent with different priorities.

The county administration is working with a national coalition of local elected leaders to question the efficacy fines and fees in the local criminal justice system. Among the first changes, was dropping a fee for medical services at the county corrections center.

Sculptor David Alan Clark talks via the “On The Record” podcast about how he planned his 2006 monument to Tom Lee to work with the river as a backdrop and how it works with Tom Lee Park plans underway 16 years after the work of art was unveiled.

MLGW moves toward an expected Friday wrap-up of ice storm recovery with a method honed by past storms with longer recovery periods. But utility officials already see room for change and improvement.

The number of people without power dropped to about 30% of MLGW’s customers Friday afternoon after a steady rise throughout Thursday. But the numbers could increase as the utility restores powers to pockets and then links them up for larger areas of restoration. Meanwhile, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talked Friday about a longer term approach by the city on warming and cooling centers in such emergencies.