Crystal Underwood: LCSO’s top corrections supervisor
With apologies to the 1992 classic movie “A River Runs Through It,” today’s Our Town Hero has her...
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Category: Our Town Heroes
KFD’s Colby Gabel: From ‘off duty’ to ‘on duty’ hero
It was a very close call with a fast-moving fire. A real close call. But Colby Gabel knew what to...
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KPD announces zero fire deaths in 2025
The city of Knoxville Fire Department is proud to announce a historic safety milestone: zero...
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Rural Metro’s Oglesby keeps piling up the wins
She’s “aggressively competitive” and “on a scale of 1-10 as a competitor, I’m a 12.” She turns...
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2026: Big Year for THP Trooper Nathan Collett
Nathan Boyd Collett’s 2026 – only three days away now – may be the most important and memorable...
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Rural Metro Deck the Halls Contest
Rural Metro conducted its annual Deck The Halls Contest, and several fire halls participated.Rural...
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LCSO’s Chad McVay leads team for 23 needy families
It was a day that Sgt. Det. Chad McVay will never forget. He was not wearing a Santa beard or...
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Young Marines Honor the 84th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
The Young Marines were honored to send 24 units from throughout the United States to Hawaii to...
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Hero Kid Award presented to Danyra Lettinger
Hero Kid sponsors and guests gathered on Monday at the Bloom Center to celebrate Danyra Nettinger,...
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Deputy Hollywood is beloved as Anderson County High SRO
“Hollywood” is his name. Loving life is his game. We’ve all known them, from a mostly humorous...
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Jim O’Brien is 2025 Hidden Hero
Farragut Rotarian Jim O’Brien was named winner of the 2025 Hidden Hero Award in a club...
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Rural Metro’s Brian Graham: Hard-working Our Town Hero
Capt. Brian Graham’s a husband, father, mentor, firefighter, fire academy director and instructor,...
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