Odds & Ends

The Commercial Appeal and Daily News offer lots of local political coverage this morning. There's a lot going on in state and MidSouth politics:

• Childers wins; Democrat takes back 1st District seat in Congress. A solid 8 point win!
• Superdelegate Lowery stands by his candidate. As a man of his word, Lowery holds to his pledge of support for Hillary Clinton.
• Cooper's wire at center of Edmund Ford case. Former City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. is on trial this week.
• Charter Changes Stalled in Commission. The changes center on the Shelby County positions of trustee, sheriff, register, assessor and clerk. The existence of these five offices was called into question by a 2006 Tennessee Supreme Court ruling.