Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker will be at the University of Tennessee Student Union, Room 272, 1520 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, today (10/14/24) from 5:30-7 p.m. for a fireside chat with others about the future of America’s international alliances and partnerships.
Foreign Affairs in Focus is co-sponsored by UT’s Baker School and the Brookings Foreign Policy program. Suzanne Maloney, Brookings VP and director of the Foreigh Policy program, and Krista Wiegand, the Baker School’s director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, will join Corker, who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations committee from 2015-19. Find information and register here.
Helping Hurricane Helene victims
Hat tip to Newport, Tennessee, attorney Candice Mendez who is helping Cocke County residents navigate the FEMA assistance process after Hurricane Helene. Mendez has experience helping Hurricane Katrina survivors. Lawyers interested in helping her should call 865-474-0380 or write Cmendez.law@gmail.com. The TBA Disaster Resources page offers general information for those impacted by disasters, as well as those seeking to provide assistance. The TBA’s Helene Disaster Response page has information and resources specific to this disaster.
Just don’t, please
Don’t drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. It will not end well.
Recently, a 42-year-old man was sentenced to 60 days in custody plus probation following a one-car wreck on I-40 at Alcoa Highway.
KPD officer Dexter Rogers responded. When Rogers asked the driver to step out of his vehicle, he crawled to the passenger side, stuck his head out the window and said he would get out after the car behind him passed. Ofc. Rogers informed the driver that the vehicle behind him was his parked police car. The encounter went downhill from there. Details here.
Another driver, this one on Cumberland Avenue, was pulled over by campus police for driving erratically. As the officer approached the car, the driver, 52, was observed pouring beer from a tall red Solo cup. Arrest, trial, conviction and a sentence of 11 months, 29 days with 20 days to serve in jail. Details here.
