There are 5 article(s) tagged Bill Dries:

• February 2022

  • About Town: New fire headquarters part of a changing Memphis landscape

    The Memphis Fire Department reached a new milestone Monday, Jan. 31, when it hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new fire headquarters at its “fire campus” at 2670 Avery Ave.

    By Julia Baker February 04, 2022

• January 2022

  • About Town: Widening roads and recycling tires

    If new barriers are deemed effective on Broad Avenue, they could be used in other areas of the city. Plus, a project finally gets going in Southeast Memphis. 

    By Julia Baker January 28, 2022

• September 2020

  • More than 500 shows later, ‘Behind the Headlines’ turns ten

    For 10 years now, I’ve been regularly mispronouncing my own last name.

    By Eric Barnes September 10, 2020

• December 2018

  • Politics Podcast: The old year and the new year

    The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast highlights "Behind the Headlines" moments from 2018; what County Mayor Lee Harris is doing ahead of the new year; and Lamar Alexander’s book "Six Months Off" as the senator prepares for retirement.

    By Natalie Van Gundy December 28, 2018

  • Politics Podcast: Getting Started

    On the inaugural Daily Memphian Politics podcast reporters Bill Dries and Omer Yusuf look ahead to the 2019 Memphis elections and review the first three months of the new Shelby County administration as well as the eight-vote Democratic majority on the county commission past the last election of 2018. And a bit about what to expect on the podcast.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff December 14, 2018