Last year, Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. was charged with seven counts of federal bribery and tax evasion charges. This week, he pleaded guilty to five of them. Today, veteran reporter Bill Dries joins us to talk about it, including Dries' surprise that Ford pleaded guilty after long professing his innocence.

Plus:

• The Grizzlies trade Jaren Jackson Jr. to Utah
• Bartlett Alderman David Reaves wants the suburb to look into eliminating property taxes
• A Downtown Memphis church will memorialize thousands