A divided County Commission to decide its response to National Guard
Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument at the National Mall, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
Shelby County commissioners will weigh in on the coming of National Guard troops to Memphis. Commissioners also return to the question of a new jail and moving Memphis school board elections.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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