Firestone site in North Memphis won’t house new jail
The smokestack at the former Firestone plant in the neighborhood of New Chicago has been removed. The facility made its last tire in 1983. (The Daily Memphian file)
The Shelby County Commission has approved a resolution that rules out the New Chicago area of North Memphis from being the site of any new jail county government may decide to build.
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