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In an effort to erase community hesitancy in reporting violent crimes, Knoxville has joined a program that puts up a barrier between tipsters and police.
City leaders on Wednesday announced the creation of the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers Program. It s a tool to help investigators as so many of the city s murders go unsolved, including the deaths of two teens this year.
The national program allows anyone to provide anonymous information about criminal activity and pays them in cash if the information leads to an arrest.
That emphasis on anonymity was the selling point, Police Chief Eve Thomas said, and she listed it as the reason why community members who were scared to give information to police should feel comfortable using it.
Project Malibu : Final sale of Knoxville Center Mall property coming soon to yet-to-be-named company
Demolition on the existing East Towne building could start as early as March, said Harold Cannon, Knoxville s Director of Engineering. Author: Katie Inman, WBIR Staff Published: 1:56 PM EST February 4, 2021 Updated: 6:59 PM EST February 4, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The old Knoxville Center Mall property is getting close to having a new owner, but the company that s looking to buy it is keeping quiet about its identity at least for now.
On Thursday, the city of Knoxville held a virtual call with a representative for the company as well as a developer that s been in local headlines recently: Hillwood Enterprises, LP.