Shane Michael Gaumer will forever remember the evening of Dec. 23, 2022, at the Tellico Village Yacht Club. He was enjoying the annual Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Christmas party with …
Brent Seymour battles rare cancer
Synovial Sarcoma. Sounds wicked. Sounds scary. Only about 800 people a year in the U.S. hear this diagnosis. Most are men. It is a soft tissue cancer, rare and very …
Cindy Gass retires; leaves big hole at KPD
Not many people in this day and age spend 48 years working in the same building at the same location and for the same employer. The address is 800 Howard …
Sam Roach: Many talents, many jobs
Sam Roach is a full-time critical care paramedic and firefighter at Rural Metro Fire. The same Sam Roach is a full-time RN and paramedic in the emergency room at Parkwest …
‘Juggler’ Monday helps inmates find a path
Tenacious. Dedicated. Passionate. Workaholic. Loyalty. Words Samantha Monday uses to describe herself. Here are a few more we’ll use: Compassionate. Driven. Dependable. Empathetic. Effective. Self-reliant. Direct. Problem solver. Team player. …
THP trooper steps up for his buddy’s daughter
Sgt. Charles Randall Massengill was her hero and her stepdad … but to Sierra Brooke Mullins Watts he was “my Dad.” He was not there to walk her down the …
KFD captain breaks his back saving a life
One woman died. A second woman lived. She was trapped in a second-floor room, scared for her life, the first floor and stairway on fire. Her only escape route from …
Ethan Grantham: A unique KPD officer
To say that the last 10 years of Ethan Grantham’s life have been interesting is a major understatement. He was an animal control officer for four years. He was a …