Spring sprung early — and with it, so does heightened Downtown security

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 14, 2026 4:00 AM CT | Published: March 14, 2026 4:00 AM CT

Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Chandell Ryan talked on “Behind The Headlines” about an early spring on Beale Street and the city’s plan for enhancing safety.

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Behind The Headlines Chandell Ryan Downtown Memphis Commission Memphis Art Museum Beale Street Entertainment District

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Bill Dries

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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