What started out as a normal night on patrol changed fast – and fast is the operative word. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Ricky Powers was sitting in his Ford Explorer …
Tammy Mattina is paying it forward
A law enforcement career that has spanned 34 years began in a tiny gasoline island pay station on Lovell Road. A gutsy girl of 17 worked the graveyard shift there …
Diver ‘Hippy’ Jenkins has many talents
Matt Jenkins is 44 and a man of many talents, one could say.
He could handle a Bobcat and backfill foundations of a home when he was 8. At 15 he …
Four generations of the Ingle family at KFD
Justin “Jingle” Ingle is part of a 93-year legacy dating back to 1926. He wears the boots, the gear, the helmet, the badge and the uniform of the Knoxville Fire …
Gaff honored as Firefighter of the Year
“There’s always something you can get better at doing. You can never stop learning.”
Those are the words of Trey Gaff. Gaff is 25 and wants to be the best pumper …
Trooper Satterfield focuses on DUI
Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper William McKinley “Will” Satterfield is formidable in his brown uniform, and so are his skills at making East Tennessee roads safer. In six years behind the …
Rescue volunteer still going strong at 73
He’s a spry 73, all 5 feet 6 inches of him. These days he’s a handyman by trade, fixing this and that for a Blount County buddy’s rental homes and …
Rural Metro Fire promotes Devlin
Jeffrey Devlin has been promoted to assistant chief of Rural Metro Fire. He replaces Deputy Chief Gene Blaylock, who retired.
Devlin will be responsible for all Knox County operations. The 29-year …