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BTH: Mayor Jim Strickland Reflects on Eight Years in Office | Part 1 of 2

At the end of December, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland will leave office, to be succeeded by Mayor-elect Paul Young. With just a handful of weeks left in his second and last term, Strickland is "optimistic but not positive" he can help close major deals involving local arenas, parks, and stadiums.

Strickland joins this week's Channel 10 Behind the Headlines with host Eric Barnes and the Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries for the first of two episodes looking back on Strickland's tenure.

This week, Strickland specifically discusses crime, sport complexes, some challenges of being mayor, bail reform and more.

Part Two airs Friday, November 24 at 7 p.m. on WKNO/Channel 10.

Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.