King of Country Music Archives

Roy Acuff: Athlete, musician, friend

Sandra ClarkJanuary 19, 2021Fountain City, Our Town Stories, Union

Sevierville’s got Dolly Parton, but Fountain City and Union County have Roy Acuff, the King of Country Music. And after Roy made some money, playing his fiddle and singing at …

Amy Brooks has been appointed as the new executive director of Knoxville-Knox County Planning by Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. The joint appointment by the two mayors is the result of a change in state law.

Brooks is a 14-year veteran of the department who has served as interim director since the resignation of Gerald Green in July 2020.

Brooks is a member of the American Institute for Certified Planners, a nationally Certified Public Manager, a graduate of East Tennessee Regional Leadership and is currently serving as treasurer for the Tennessee chapter of the American Planning Association.

She earned a master’s degree in urban and regional planning with an emphasis on transportation and land use planning from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor’s in environmental studies and political science from Maryville College.