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Oak Ridge City Manager Dr. Mark Watson will be honored by ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, as the recipient of the organization’s Award for Career Development in Memory of L.P. Cookingham.

ICMA’s Award for Career Development in Memory of L.P. Cookingham recognizes an...

Bill Stinnett, chief of police for the city of Rockwood, died Sept. 8, 2022 from natural causes at the age of 60. Stinnett had a 37-year career in law enforcement, all of which was spent with the Rockwood Police Department, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Stinnett joined the department in 1985...

Karen McKeehan has been selected as the new transportation engineering chief for the city of Knoxville, the first woman to serve in the role and as an engineering chief in city history. McKeehan previously served as an engineering division chief with the city’s engineering department and has been...

Carlin Stuart has been hired as the new finance director for Lakeland after the promotion of previous finance director Michael Walker to the position of city manager. Stuart is a CPA who holds a master’s in business administration from the University of Memphis. He most recently served in the...

Jessica Borne has been hired as the new municipal court judge for the city of Franklin after the election of longtime municipal court Judge Deana Hood to the position of circuit court judge. Borne presently serves at For, Holloway & Rogers. Prior to that, she spent 12 years with the Tennessee...

Shawn Fitzpatrick has been selected as the civil engineering chief for the city of Knoxville, taking over from Tom Clabo who was recently selected as the engineering department’s new director. Fitzpatrick has been with the Knoxville Engineering Department for 26 years and presently served as a city...

Will Reid has been selected as the new chief engineer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Reid presently serves as the assistant chief of program delivery for TDOT. He has been with TDOT since 2014, serving as director of the construction division and assistant chief engineer over...

Robert Anderson has been selected as the new finance director and town recorder for the town of Jonesborough. Anderson is a certified public accountant (CPA) who formerly worked with the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. He has 13 years of experience in finance, serving as both an auditor and senior...

Chester Owens has retired as Humboldt Fire Chief after a 45-year career with the Humboldt Fire Department. A 1975 graduate of Humboldt High School, Owens went to work as a firefighter with HFD in 1977. Owens was selected as the chief of the department in 1994 following the retirement of his friend...

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...