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Jennifer Moody will leave her post as city administrator of Tullahoma to serve as city manager of Belle Meade. Moody has served as city administrator for Tullahoma since 2018. Prior to this, she served as assistant city manager for Murfreesboro from 2016 to 2018 and as assistant city manager of...

Tonya Tindle has been selected as the new city administrator for the city of Sparta, the first woman to hold the role. Tindle has been serving as the city’s interim administrator since November when former city administrator Brad Hennessee tendered his resignation. Prior to taking on the interim...

Lisa Maragnano, executive director of the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), announced she will be taking early retirement later this year after more than a decade with the public transportation system. Maragnano joined CARTA as its assistance executive director in 2011 and...

Sue Stuhl, director of parks and recreation for the town of Farragut, is retiring after 31 years of service. Stuhl joined the city staff in 1991 as a community programs director and was soon promoted to director of parks and recreation. During her tenure with the town, she has overseen the...

Roger Loftin has retired as chief of police for the city of Lexington after 40 years of service with the department. Loftin served as chief for 32 years, making him the longest serving police chief in Tennessee upon his retirement. Before serving as chief, Loftin worked as a patrolman, shift...

John Corak has been appointed to the vacant seat on the Decherd Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The seat was vacated by the resignation of former Mayor Michael Gillespie in August. Corak has served on the Decherd Planning Commission and is presently employed as a Social Security claims specialist at...

Allison Spears has been elected to the position on the Brentwood Board of Mayor and Aldermen left vacant by the death of longtime Alderwoman Regina Smithson. Spears won a special election on Jan. 12, 2023, for the position, defeating fellow challenger Devin McClendon with 2,315 votes to his 1,929...

Robert Rhee has been appointed the new CEO of BlueOval SK, the name of the joint venture between Ford Motor Company and SK Innovation in Tennessee and Kentucky. Rhee has been the head of SK’s production division since December 2021 and has been with the company since 2019. Before that, Rhee...

Bobby Wood, who served in the Tennesse State House for 28 years, died at his home in the Harrison community of Hamilton County, on Jan. 12, 2023, at the age of 87. Wood was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1976 and retired from the office in 2004. He was also well known...

Norman Livingston Kerr has been hired as a consultant by the city of Chattanooga to help the city devise a violence intervention strategy. Kerr’s work in Chattanooga will include analyzing violence in the city, assessing what existing programs can address these issues, where gaps exist, and helping...

Derick Mann has been appointed to a seat on the Tullahoma Board of Mayor and Aldermen vacated by former Alderwoman Robin Dunn. Mann has two decades of experience as a small business owner in the Tullahoma community as well as a family history in the construction of both residential and commercial...

Jeff Middleton has been selected as the new police chief for the city of Lexington following the retirement of longtime Chief Roger Loftin. Middleton began his law enforcement career in 1991 in Henderson County, serving as a patrol officer, first line supervisor, and supervisor of criminal...