If you’re drunk and driving between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. in Loudon County, there’s a good chance you’re about to say hello to Loudon County Sheriff’s …
KFD’s Class of ’96 was special
Something very special happened in 1996. The Knoxville Fire Department’s Fire Training Academy class started on May 3 with 29 trainees. All graduated on Sept. 6. This is the Silver …
Gordon Johnson: Push through and do the job
Gordon Johnson, 33, has degrees in Spanish and biology from the University of Memphis. For eight years he worked in a research laboratory at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. But …
John Dodson: Assistant chief is ‘support staff’
Like it or not, many students pretty much blow off high school health class. Not John Dodson. In the mid-1980s he was a junior at Bearden High School when an …
Girl Scout saves life with CPR training
In late September, Kameron Hanshaw was on a date when her boyfriend suddenly started choking. The Girl Scout quickly took action by pulling him out of the booth and performing …
Fire medics bring more at the ‘Jailhouse’ 34
Eric Bradshaw and Jonathan Souther fill unique roles for Rural Metro Fire and carry them out in a unique vehicle. They are the guys in Fire Medic 234 working out …
Sgt. Mike Turley: From zinc mine to THP
For two years he worked 1,500 feet underground loading dynamite into holes in a zinc mine. He was a jailer and patrol deputy for the Grainger County Sheriff’s Office. He …
Mark Walker: Knox Rescue vol says ‘I’m not a hero’
“Let’s be clear about this – I’m not a hero. Don’t make me sound like something I’m not. I simply serve our community and do what I can to help.”
Those …