Last year, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announced deputies would start at $50,000. This year, Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon said officers will start at $56,000.
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Tucker Blakely's family told WBIR they wanted the public to know he was a compassionate man and a devoted father who had always wanted to be a law officer.
TBI Most Wanted fugitive Kenneth Dehart, Jr. is in custody.
He was captured in East Knoxville yesterday in a home on Linden Avenue at Harrison and is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
He is the suspect in Thursday night's shooting which happened after deputies pulled him
Knox County District Attorney Charme Allen says she's reviewed and closed the case file involving the shooting and death of Knox County Deputy Tucker Blakely and the suspect involved in the case.
Deputies Blakely and James Loft responded to a domestic call in October in West Knox County. Official