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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...

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...

Ken Wiles, councilmember for the city of Columbia, died Aug. 7, 2022 at the age of 77 after a battle with cancer. Wiles as appointed to his seat in October 2019 to fill the unexpired term of late Ward 2 Councilman Steve Boshers and then was elected to a four-year term the following year. In...

Jimmy Alexander, former mayor of Nolensville and at-large director of the TML Board, died Aug. 7, 2022. Prior to his public service in Nolensville, Alexander worked for the Metro Nashville Planning Commission for 42 years. Alexander moved to Nolensville in 1999 and served on the town’s board of...

Larry Wallace, the only person to be both head of the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), died after a short battle with cancer Aug. 6, 2022. Wallace was 77. He began his law enforcement career in 1964 as an officer with the Athens Police Department before...

William Barner has been promoted to town public works director for Greeneville. Barner is a longtime town employee and will lead a 42-person department that includes solid waste services, landfill operations, stormwater planning, and street and sidewalk improvements. Barner has more than 40 years...

Missy Dillingham, longtime children’s services manager with the John P. Holt Brentwood Library, died suddenly at her home on Aug. 1, 2022. Dillingham served for 38 years with the city of Brentwood, beginning in 1984 as the inaugural manager of children’s services for the Brentwood Library. In 2011...