Bill Dries
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Shelby County By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Published: June 03, 2025 8:05 AM CT West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian) The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has operated the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center since 2014. Shelby County Commission West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center. Bill Dries on demand Never miss an article.
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Shelby County By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: June 02, 2025 9:47 PM CT | Published: June 02, 2025 9:47 PM CT Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., right, was mong those with financial questions at the June 2 Shelby County Commission meeting. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file) The full commission has one more voting meeting on June 23 to approve an operating budget, a capital budget and set the county property-tax rate before the fiscal year begins.
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Premium Shelby County By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: June 01, 2025 2:34 PM CT | Published: June 01, 2025 2:34 PM CT Commissioner Mick Wright participates in a May 15, 2024, Shelby County Board of Commissioners’ meeting. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file) Shelby County commissioners won’t be taking any critical votes Monday, June 2, on a new county budget or county property tax rate.
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Shelby County By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 31, 2025 4:33 PM CT | Published: May 31, 2025 4:33 PM CT Shelby County Board of Commissioenrs District 9 cheers during roll call at a local Democratic Party convention May 31. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) A grassroots organizer emerged as the winner over a retired businessman and party activist. Shelby County Democratic Party Willie Simon Jeff Etheridge Michael O.
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Behind The Headlines By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: May 31, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: May 31, 2025 4:00 AM CT Memphis Zoo President and CEO Matt Thompson announced a plan to upgrade the African Veldt area on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file) Memphis Zoo CEO Matt Thompson talks on “Behind The Headlines” about rising costs and lower attendance figures as well as how the zoo’s focus on elephants in an upcoming exhibit.
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