Heather Michelle Cooke has managed to pack a lot of living into 30 years. Around the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Troop A and beyond she answers to “Cookie.” On the highways …
The 4 Fs dominate Danny Beeler’s life
Faith. Family. Firefighting. Football.
These words define the life of Knoxville Fire Department Asst. Chief Danny Beeler, a true Our Town Hero whose life has been one of service to the …
Lindy the dog Is healthy with her adopted family
We first knew her as “Good Sam” after a lowlife threw this female dog over the Alcoa Highway viaduct 30 feet below near Tyson Park last January 27. Today, her …
Lt. Josh Shaffer called to his career at KPD
Destiny, maybe. Perhaps fate. Or both.
Destiny: “The hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future.” New Oxford American Dictionary
Fate: “The course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a particular …
Dr. Bob Moye: 42 years of service at Rural Metro
Dr. Robert “Bob” Moye is 55 now, but in 1978 he was 13, barely a teenager, a ninth-grader at Farragut High School. That’s when he became part of Rural Metro’s …
Justin Faulkner is KCR’s ‘next generation’
Every emergency service organization in Knoxville and Knox County will tell you their biggest challenge is recruiting young people into the profession. So, when young Justin Faulkner walked into the …
KCSO’s Jerry Massey is a real life-saving hero
It happened on a Friday – March 27 to be exact – when Jeffery Johnson was standing in line at Pull-A-Part Junkyard on Rutledge Pike, around 4:30 p.m. A mechanic …
Shane Orrick is still in uniform
He’s a Grainger County guy, East Tennessee through and through, still living in Rutledge. Shane Orrick was an active duty U.S. Marine for four years and today he wears two …