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Tom Clabo has been appointed as director of engineering for the city of Knoxville. Clabo has served as the Knoxville Engineering Department’s civil engineering chief since 2006 and has 31 years with the department. He initially started with the city in 1991 as an entry-level engineer, working his...

Harry Green, former executive director of the Tennessee Advisory Committee for Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), died Aug. 22, 2022, at the age of 89. A Wilson County native, Green met his wife at their alma mater Lebanon High School before going on to serve honorably in the U.S. Army during the...

Raymond Clift Jr., municipal court judge for the city of Germantown, will retire in September after 40 years with the city. Clift earned his law degree from the University of Memphis in 1969. He served as an attorney for Griffin, Clint, Everton and Maschmeyer; as an assistant public defender for...

Huntingdon Mayor and TML Past President Dale Kelley died Aug. 20, 2022, at his home surrounded by family at the age of 82

"It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of our friend and colleague Huntingdon Mayor Dale Kelley,” said Bobby King, TML President and Henderson Mayor. “Mayor...

Mike Alexander, deputy chief of the Metro Nashville Police Department, died at his home of natural causes on Aug. 22, 2022 at the age of 53. Alexander was a 31-year veteran of MNPD and served as chief deputy over the department’s Investigative Services Bureau. After graduating from Middle Tennessee...

Michelle Woods has been appointed the first finance director for the city of Morristown. Woods previously served as the city’s accounting manager, but city officials decided to create the position of finance director and promote her to the position after seeing her strong performance in her previous...

John Johnson will be retiring from his role as city manager and human resources director for Jefferson City in December after 25 years of service. Johnson was first appointed to the position in 1997 and before that, served as the city manager of Pikeville, Ky., for five years. Prior to his work in...

Robert W. “Bob” Cable Jr., former councilman for the city of Elizabethton, died Aug. 14, 2022 at Johnson City Medical Center at the age of 85. Cable served on the Elizabethton City Council from 2012 and 2016 and was known as one of the biggest supporters of the community in his role as a downtown...

Brooke Pippenger has been selected as the town consultant for the town of Lookout Mountain. Prior to coming to the city, Pippenger served as the program director of the Mother’s Day Out program at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian church since 2012. Originally from Knoxville, Pippenger holds a bachelor...

A Memphis firefighter is dead after a collision that also left three other Memphis firefighters and a civilian injured.  

Memphis Fire Department Driver David Pleasant was killed in the collision in South Memphis on Aug. 10, according to a statement released by the city. 

“David was extremely...

Michael Walker has been selected as the new city manager for Lakeland. Walker has been with the city since November 2019 and has been serving as the interim city manager since the departure of previous city manager Shane Horn in April. Walker came to Lakeland as the director of finance and human...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has selected Jonathan Skrmetti to serve as the state’s next Attorney General and Reporter.

From 2018 to late 2021, Skrmetti was the Chief Deputy Attorney General in the Attorney General’s Office, where he managed approximately 160 attorneys in 15 litigating divisions...