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Eric Schindler has been selected as the new assistant town engineer for the town of Farragut. Schindler comes to Farragut from the Tennessee Department of Transportation where he has been employed for the past five years as a transportation project specialist and as a graduate transportation...

Anna Walker has been selected as the new city recorder for the city of Algood. Walker comes to Algood from the city of Cookeville where she has been employed as an accounting technician for nearly four years. Prior to that, she worked as an accounts payable clerk and an administrative assistant in...

Greg Moore has been selected as the new chief of police for Somerville. Moore comes to the Somerville Police Department from the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department where he has served for the past 13 years as chief deputy. Before joining the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department, Moore also served...

LaTrell Billingsley has been selected as the new fire marshal for the city of Jackson. Billingsley has been with the city for nearly 13 years, most recently serving as fire inspector for the city. He has also served with the Jackson Fire Department as a fire investigator, public education officer...

Mark Gorman has been voted the new city mayor of Brentwood by his fellow city commissioners, taking over the position from Commissioner Rhea Little who served two-terms in the role. Gorman was first elected to the city commission in 2013. He has served as vice mayor and as a representative on the...

Ed Binkley, who served as a Mt. Juliet mayor, city commissioner, planning commission member, and judicial magistrate, died April 30, 2023, from congestive heart failure at the age of 85. Binkley was elected mayor in 1989 and became the first mayor to serve two complete terms in the role since the...

Harold Cannon, chief economic development officer for Knoxville, has announced his semi-retirement. Cannon has held his current role for three years and before that was appointed the city’s director of engineering. Prior to joining the city, Cannon served as president and co-founder of Cannon &...

Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds will take over the position as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) in July after current Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced her intention to step down at the end of the school year.  

Gov. Bill Lee announced that Schwinn will leave his...

Darek Baskin has been named the new director of engineering for the city of Brentwood after serving as the interim head of the department. Baskin took over the role from Lori Lange, who joined the Tennessee Department of Transportation as its assistant chief of engineering. Baskin joined the city...

Rhett Chandler has been selected as the new city municipal court judge for Mt. Juliet. Chandler will take over the role from previous municipal judge Caroline Christoffersen who retired earlier this year after serving in the role since 2016. Chandler is presently employed at the Murfreesboro law...

Cathy Ball, city manager of Johnson City, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc., to the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). Ball will fill a vacancy on the board reserved for city managers and will serve with 10 other members...

Larry Sanders, mayor of Three Way, died April 20, 2023 at the age of 83 at his home. A Three Way native, Sanders first ran for mayor before the town of Three Way existed when the first of three ballot measures sought to incorporate the community into a city in 1974. Incorporation finally came in...