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Anthony McClain, the Nashville Police Department’s North Precinct Commander, died from complications of a heart attack on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at the age of 53. A 27-year veteran of the Metro Nashville Police Department, McClain had been the head of the North Precinct since 2021. A fixture at...

Angie Henderson, vice mayor of Nashville, has been selected as a member of the 2025 Champions Institute as part of Smart Growth America’s (SGA) Active People, Healthy Nation program. The Champions Institute is a program created to help local elected officials define, design, build, and evaluate...

Jason Gage has been named the new city manager of Brentwood, taking over the role from City Manager Kirk Bednar who retired after more than 24 years serving the city of Brentwood. Gage has more than 30 years of experience in municipal government management and comes to Brentwood from Springfield, Mo...

Tyler Williams has been promoted to the assistant city manager and chief financial officer for the town of Mount Carmel. Williams will continue to serve as city recorder but will take on an expanded role in managing day-to-day activities such as budget, public relations and communications, and...

Matthew Hensley has been hired as a training and development consultant for UT-MTAS based out of its Knoxville office. Hensley comes to MTAS from serving as an assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at East Tennessee State University. He is also a member of the...

Brian Zacharias, Clarksville’s mayor pro tem and Ward 1 City Councilman, has been selected to participate in the Smart Growth America (SGA) 2025 class of the Champions Institute. The program helps local officials define, design, build, and evaluate Complete Streets in their communities. Mayor Pro...

Curtis Brinkley, fire marshal with the La Vergne Police Department, has received his chief fire officer designation through the Center for Public Safety Excellence. Those who receive the designation must show evidence of professional development in both their career and in continuing education...

Chris Fiske has been selected as the new fire chief of Tracy City. Fiske served for 12 years with the Lone Oak Volunteer Fire Department in Grundy County before joining the Tracy City Fire Department eight years ago. Prior to that, he was a member of the National Guard in Dunlap. Fiske has been...

Seth Miller has been selected as the new city recorder for the town of Unicoi. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from East Tennessee State University. He is also currently pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. 

Gary Disheroon, former municipal judge for the city of Red Bank, died Feb. 22, 2025 at the age of 74. Disheroon served as Red Bank’s city judge for 18 years beginning in 1988. A graduate of Chattanooga High School, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Memphis Law School, Disheroon also...

Don Fox, former mayor of Lebanon, died Feb. 21, 2025, at the age of 86. Fox served as mayor of Lebanon for 15 years from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure as mayor, the former Castle Heights Military Academy was turned into Lebanon’s new city hall, the Hartmann Drive interchange was built, the...

Randy Evans, police chief for the city of Cookeville, has retired from his role after more than 40 years with the Cookeville Police Department. Evans joined CPD as a patrol officer in 1983. He was promoted to sergeant in 1990, lieutenant in 1998, captain in 2007, major in 2010, and chief in 2013. He...