For the past 42 years Kenneth Royd Walker II has cut a wide swath in the field of emergency medical services … to say the least. What this man has …
KCSO Car and Motorcycle Show returns
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) is once again sending out the call for exhibitors and vendors for the 2021 Car and Motorcycle Show. This is KCSO’s biggest fundraiser for …
Kevin Kirkland: Deputy finds a buddy at Eaton
There’s something special going on between 11-year-old John Garrett Pinkston and School Resource Officer Kevin Kirkland. It’s refreshing, interesting, even sweet and heart-warming.
Kirkland is an eight-year veteran of the Loudon …
Phil Thompson: Marine finds home at KCSO
He was a little 8-year-old third grader at Friendship Christian Academy in Marianna, Arkansas, when he decided he wanted to be a cop. In May 2020 he was sworn in …
Brian Pratt: Rural Metro pro loves patient care
Five years ago, Brian Pratt thought he was dead. The Rural Metro firefighter was part of the team battling a serious blaze at a home on South Creek Road near …
Katelynn Spicer: ER nurse saves neighbor
Jane Cate is alive. Katelynn Spicer saved her life, literally dragging this unconscious woman out of her home full of flames and black, rancid smoke, dragging her by her ankles …
Evan Thornton: Tracking sex offenders
Evan Thornton’s job at the Knoxville Police Department is one few people want. He hears the questions – “How can you work with sex offenders?” and “Why do you do …
Carrie Hagen: Adventures at the weigh scales
This young Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper was not keen on joining F Troop, working at the truck weigh scales on I-40 that are the busiest in the United States. She …