A lot of serious conversations go down in the barbershop. Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr invited WVTM 13's Guy Rawlings to his: D & J Barber and Style.
"He didn't just want to be a firefighter," said Malone. "He wanted to be the chief. And I said, you want to be a firefighter? No, mommy, I want to be the chief. I want to be the boss of all the firefighters. That's what he was, what he aspired to be."
A local educator is going above and beyond to help our kids excel in school and life, but her social media post asking for volunteers for a reading program received the wrong kind of attention.
The Blount County Sheriff's office carried out a successful sting operation last week thanks to an assist from a man who has made it his mission to protect your children from potential predators.
"On my father's side alone, I'd say, I think we counted around 37 killed," Mekdad said. "My mother has a cousin. She's 38 years old and she has three children. Nov. 3, her house was hit, and she was literally pulled from underneath the rubble, her and her children. She lost one of her children in that attack."