Two of the biggest Memphis stories of 2025 have a surprising connection
The school board’s dismissal of former MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins prompted a backlash that included calls to remove or recall the entire nine-member board. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
On Behind The Headlines, reporters discuss top local stories of 2025, including the link between the Memphis-Shelby County Schools ouster of Marie Feagins, and the arrival of the National Guard.
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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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