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City Hall, County Government and political coverage for The Daily Memphian. Tweets are from reporter Bill Dries.
Memphis, Tenn.
Joined December 2010
RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1958, USS Skate circumnavigated the globe in 50 minutes. To accomplish this remarkable feat, the sub took a sho….
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RT @AP: BREAKING: Air Canada suspends plan to restart operations on Sunday after flight attendant union defies return to work order. https:….
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Air Canada has suspended plans to restart operations after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants decided to defy a return-to-work order.
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RT @airandspace: Happy birthday to Gene Kranz! 🎉. NASA flight director and Apollo legend, Kranz's iconic vests came to represent the strong….
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RT @TheStingisBack: RIP Terence Stamp.The Limey (1999).A giant of both stage and screen, Terence leaves behind an epic body of work, creati….
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Working through a slow period toward several big Downtown development projects. Here is the BTH interview with the head of the Downtown Memphis Commission. Watch the interview with the story. .
Downtown redevelopment leader Chandell Ryan talks about holding Downtown together while awaiting several big projects on the city skyline
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RT @DailyMemphian: Memphis-Shelby County Schools could install new security measures its staff say would prevent vandalism at its vacant bu….
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools could install new security measures its staff say would prevent vandalism at its vacant buildings.
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RT @DailyMemphian: The owner of Tonica in Midtown will open a second location this fall on South Front Street.
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The owner of Tonica in Midtown will open a second location this fall on South Front Street.
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Ford talks about Trump being convicted for "accounting errors." Also in the political roundup, more with Republican contender for Gov John Rose on rural hospitals closing and biz that don't have "Tn values." Also Democratic contender Jerri Green on debating Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
A deeper and more partisan dive into the Shelby County Commission's complex debate about moving election day for all nine school board seats
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RT @NavalInstitute: #OTD in 1977, Elvis died. Because Elvis had played a key role in raising money for the USS Arizona Memorial, the Navy f….
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RT @historycalendar: The year is 1856. Who are you voting for in the presidential election: James Buchanan, John Fremont, or Millard Fillmo….
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RT @JimiHendrix: On August 16, 1967, Reprise Records released The Jimi Hendrix Experience's second US single "Purple Haze" b/w "The Wind Cr….
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RT @ManuscriptSoc: What childrearing advice were parents getting in the 1940s? A book recently returned to the San Antonio Public Library h….
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A library book that was checked out in July 1943 was finally returned to the San Antonio Public Library nearly 82 years late.
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RT @burtoncummings: This is one of those songs that the crowd knows from the first notes. Still enjoy performing it to this day. https://t.….
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RT @RetroNewsNow: At 3:30 PM CT on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at the age of 42 in Memphis, Tennessee
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A look at a key part of what was happening in Whitehaven 48 years ago today.
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The mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery where Elvis Presley's remains were entombed shortly after he died in 1977 opens again to the public this month after being closed for the last seven years.
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If you missed BTH on WKNO Friday night, watch it here and read the story for more context. .
Downtown redevelopment leader Chandell Ryan talks about holding Downtown together while awaiting several big projects on the city skyline
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