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Anchor & Senior Reporter @wvlt - Formerly @WYMT - Proud @WKU_SoM Alumnus. Ideas? Email me william.puckett@graymedia.com

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‘I gave it a try, I loved it’ | Knox County Schools starts year off 30 bus drivers short

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By Will Puckett Verified, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey Verified
| WVLT-TV/WBXX-TV (Knoxville, TN) Verified
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Nearly half of the 60,000 students in Knox County take a bus to their school each day, but for some, transportation has been hard to come by. This, because the district is short 30 bus drivers. It’s a problem seen all over the country, including here in East Tennessee. One driver who’s stuck it through in Knoxville said the job is rewarding, though. Joshua Shumate drives a bus for Olympus Car and Coach.
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Dirt track legend Scott Bloomquist remembered at Smoky Mountain Speedway

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By Will Puckett Verified
| WVLT-TV/WBXX-TV (Knoxville, TN) Verified
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - One of dirt track racings most polarizing figures was Scott Bloomquist, but despite how polarizing he was, he brought fans to the track. “When Scott Bloomquist came, I mean he was definitely the talk of the show, be it good, bad or ugly, Scott was always involved with it,” said Roger Sellers, owner of Smoky Mountain Speedway. Police and friends said Bloomquist died Friday, after crashing a plane he was piloting, on his family farm in Hawkins County.
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‘We’re here to help’ | Blount Co. deputy outlines importance of his presence after decades in schools

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By Kelly Ann Krueger Verified, Will Puckett Verified
| WVLT-TV/WBXX-TV (Knoxville, TN) Verified
BLOUNT CO., Tenn. (WVLT) - Thousands of children returned to school in East Tennessee last week. A topic on everyone’s mind is school safety. Blount County Sheriff’s Office was one of the first in the state to have a dedicated School Resource Officer program. A school resource officer is a trained law enforcement agent who is assigned to a school. Lieutenant Joe Seaton has been a school resource officer for more than 20 years. He said you can’t replicate the impact of a trained deputy in a school.
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