WE'RE
LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST DECADE
AND THE BIGGEST STORIES FOR EAST
TENNESSEE.
KRISTIN:
TEN YEARS BRINGS A TON OF GROUND
TO COVER... SO WE'RE SPLITTING
THINGS UP - FOCUSING FIRST
FROM 20-10 TO 20- 15.
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WATE 6 ON YOUR SIDE REPORTER
ELIZABETH KUEBEL HAS OUR LOOK
BACK.
KNOXVILLE'S TOP STORY OF 20-10
SAW A LOCAL LEADER STEP-UP TO
THE STATE LEVEL... THEN MAYOR
BILL HASLAM... ELECTED TO BECOME
THE
GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE.
I WILL BE MOVING ON TO BECOME
GOVERNOR OF ALL TENNESSEANS, BUT
KNOW THIS, KNOXVILLE WILL ALWAYS
BE MY HOME. I'LL ALWAYS
BE GRATEFUL, WOO HOOOO!> VOL
FOOTBALL WAS ALSO IN A TIME OF
TRANSITION - WITH DEREK DOOLEY
BROUGHT IN TO CLEAN UP THE
RUBBLE LEFT BEHIND IN THE
WAKE OF LANE KIFFIN'S BRIEF
TENURE.
I LIKE IT. I LIKE DEREK DOOLEY.
HE'S BETTER THAN LANE KIFFIN AT
LEAST.
2011 STARTED OFF WITH A SHAKE-UP
FOR SOUTH KNOXVILLE. THE CLOSURE
OF THE HENLEY BRIDGE.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS A
LITTLE
DIFFICULT TO GET HERE IN THE
MORNING AND GO HOME IN THE
EVENING BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
AND HISTORY WAS MADE FOR
KNOXVILLE'S TOP OFFICE - DANIEL
BROWN BECAME THE CITY'S FIRST
BLACK MAYOR - AS INTERIM LEADER
AFTER BILL HASLAM BECAME
GOVERNOR
- THEN MADELINE ROGERO BECAME
THE CITY'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR .
I SAID FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING
TO WORK HARD WITH ME AND BUILD,
COLLABORATE, AND CREATE
SOLUTIONS
FOR A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE,
SUSTAINABLE KNOXVILLE, THEN
I'M YOUR CANDIDATE." 2012
BROUGHT AN UPHEAVAL FOR THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN KNOX
COUNTY - JUDGE RICHARD
BAUMGARTNER - ON THE WRONG SIDE
OF THE LAW - ADMITTING AN
ADDICTION TO PAINKILLERS -
CREATING QUESTIONS ABOUT
MAJOR CASES - INCLUDING THE
CHRISTIAN-NEWSOM MURDER TRIALS.
THE NEXT YEAR - HEADS TURNED THE
DAY AFTER TAX DAY - APRIL 15TH,
2013 -
WITH FEDERAL AGENTS AT THE
HEADQUARTERS FO PILOT FLYING J
FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS
REVEALING HOW COMPANY EXECS
WORKED TO CHEAT THOSE
CUSTOMERS... BY QUOTE "JACKING
THE DISCOUNT."
PILOT FLYING J WOULD
EVENTUALLY PAY NEARLY 200
MILLION
DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENTS AND
PENALTIES.
IN 2014 - A CRASH ON ASHEVILLE
HIGHWAY SHOCKED OUR COMMUNITY
AND RENEWED CALLS FOR CHANGE ONE
SCHOOL BUS SWERVING OVER A
CONCRETE MEDIAN... CRASHING INTO
THE SIDE OF ANOTHER SCHOOL
BUS.
THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED
DISTRACTED DRIVING CAUSED IT.
THAT PROMPTED A REVIEW OF THE
DISTRICT'S TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM... PENALTIES WERE
STIFFENED FOR BUS DRIVERS WHO
GET
CAUGHT TEXTING - BUT CALLS TO
REQUIRE SEATBELTS ON
SCHOOL BUSES DID NOT BRING A
CHANGE IN STATE LAW.
AND IN 2015 - A TEEN HERO'S
ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE - 15- YEAR-OLD ZAEVION
DOBSON - KILLED SHIELDING TWO
FRIENDS FROM GUNFIRE. THE FULTON
FOOTBALL PLAYER DEATH WOULD GET
NATIONAL
ATTENTION - MENTIONED BY THEN
PRESIDENT BARCK OBAMA IN SPEECH
URGING MORE GUN
CONTROL: HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO
SAVE
THEIRS, AN ACT OF HEROISM A LOT
BIGGER THAN ANYTHING WE
SHOULD EXPECT FROM A 15-YEAR-
OLD."
ZAEVION'S MOTHER - ASKING FOR
CHANGE AND FOR HEALING. HIS
LEGACY WILL LIVE ON HE WILL
NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, HE
WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY HEART."
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