Category: Our Town Heroes

Bella Mason was presented with the Hero Kid Award at a ceremony on Monday at Central Bearden....

The Knoxville Fire Department (KFD) is proud to announce the graduation of eighteen new...

2026 is Rural Metro Fire’s 49th year in Knox County. In effect, it serves as the county’s fire...

He’s known simply as “Robbie T.” at work. A co-worker at the Knoxville Police Department (KPD)...

His job is done. A long and impressive career is ending. He’s touched, impacted and changed many...

With apologies to the 1992 classic movie “A River Runs Through It,” today’s Our Town Hero has her...

It was a very close call with a fast-moving fire. A real close call. But Colby Gabel knew what to...

The city of Knoxville Fire Department is proud to announce a historic safety milestone: zero...

She’s “aggressively competitive” and “on a scale of 1-10 as a competitor, I’m a 12.” She turns...

Nathan Boyd Collett’s 2026 – only three days away now – may be the most important and memorable...

Rural Metro conducted its annual Deck The Halls Contest, and several fire halls participated.Rural...

It was a day that Sgt. Det. Chad McVay will never forget.  He was not wearing a Santa beard or...