Knoxville Police Department Officer B. K. Hardin – a Bigs in Blue Mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee – will lead a class for mentors, mentees and families of …
Rural Metro’s Kinney Bros: ‘Work That Matters’
It’s all about the job – nothing more, nothing less. Sounds simple. Maybe it is. Matt Kinney and younger brother Marc are men of very few words. Ask them why …
KCSO’s Brian Rehg: He caught a jumper in mid-air
It was a normal day on patrol for Brian Rehg. It had been raining. He was in a cruiser and not on his motorcycle as usual because of the rain. …
Compassion, skill drive Rescue Squad’s Will Steward
He’s been around … from Jaybird Hill in Jefferson County to U.S. Army stops at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas; Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, N.C.; and Fort Jackson in …
Deputy Chief Morris: He’s done it all at KFD
There comes a time while writing when a trite cliché works best. You’ve heard this one before – “He’s done it all.” In this case, he has. In an almost …
Eric Parks gets Office of Neighborhoods award
City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhoods has named Officer Eric Parks the recipient of its inaugural Officer Liaison of the Year Award.
Parks was nominated by four residents of the Norwood …
Ricky Powers: A trooper on the ‘move’
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 …