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Jason Head, chief of the Springfield Police Department, has been appointed to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Education and Training Committee through 2027. As a committee member, Chief Head will contribute strategic insights, technical expertise, and leadership to shape the...

Jim Sells, longtime mayor of Rogersville, has made the decision to step down after nearly 48 years as mayor and more than 50 on the Rogersville Board of Mayor and Alderman. Sells was first elected as an alderman in 1971 and then ran for mayor in 1977. He was recently elected to his twelfth term as...

Capt. Don Dallenbach of the Hendersonville Fire Department died Jan. 12, 2024, at the age of 58 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Dallenbach was a 32-year veteran of the Hendersonville Police Department where he most recently served as a Captain on C Shift at Station 5. He was described...

Melody Lewis has retired has the city recorder of White Bluff after 35 years of service. Lewis joined the city as its recorder in August 1989, having previously worked as a teacher’s aide at White Bluff Elementary School, the Tennessee Department of Human Services, and for the Dickson County...

Charles Hall has been appointed to fill a vacant position on the Collierville Board of Mayor and Alderman. A sixth-generation Collierville native, Hall owns Hewlett and Dunn Boot and Clothing Company on Collierville’s Town Square with his wife. Hall began work with the company in 1998, buying a...

Jewel Jordan has been selected to fill a vacancy on the Collierville Board of Mayor and Alderman. A resident of Collierville for more than 40 years, Jordan brings a wealth of experience in community service, leadership and problem-solving to the role. A local business owner, Jordan has been active...

Germantown has announced two new members of its public works team as the city’s longtime public works director retires.

Bo Mills will retire as Germantown’s public works director in April after nearly four decades of service to the city. Mills joined the city in 1985 and has served as director of...

Phillip Batts has been sworn in as the new police chief for the Dandridge Police Department. Batts was serving as the Jefferson County Department of Education’s transportation and safety supervisor before being selected to replace retiring Chief Carson Williams. Before going to work for the...

Bill Stinnett, longtime Ashland City municipal judge, died Jan. 7, 2024, at the age of 95. Serving in the Navy before studying at Middle Tennessee State University and then YMCA Night Law School – now the Nashville School of Law – Stinnett earned his law degree in 1967. He moved to Ashland City in...

Colin Hurst has been appointed as the new fire chief of the Alcoa Fire Department. Hurst began his career with AFD in 2005 and has served the community for nearly two decades. He most recently served as the deputy fire chief of the department for the past four years. Hurst holds an associate’s...

Dustin Smith has been selected as the new city administrator of Sevierville following the retirement of longtime City Administrator Russell Treadway. Smith has served as deputy city administrator for Sevierville since 2023 and first joined the city in 2015, working in a variety of aspects of city...

Doyle Richardson, former mayor of Tullahoma, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla., at the age of 89. Richardson served as mayor for Tullahoma between 1986 and 1987. He also had a career as an attorney and served as president of the Tullahoma Chamber of Commerce, on the Tullahoma...