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In the News - Current events involving KVERS

09/07/11 - WBIR - Corryton man dies in accident with bus

08/24/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Driver of rig involved in fiery I-40/75 crash found in Crab Orchard

08/23/11 - WBIR - Fountain City duck pond searched for murder evidence

08/23/11 - WATE -  Fountain City Duck Pond searched for double murder evidence

08/17/11 - WBIR - Worker rescued after injury in trench

08/17/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville Rescue Squad lifts injured worker from trench

08/14/11 -Knoxville News Sentinel - Divers recover drowning victim from Roane County quarry

08/11/11 -Knoxville News Sentinel - Rescuers reach girl, 11, 70 feet up tree in Halls

07/27/11 -Knoxville News Sentinel - Firehouse Subs awards $20,000 to Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad

07/27/11 - WBIR - East TN volunteer rescue squad receives generous donation

07/12/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville police identify homeless drowning victim

06/28/11 - WBIR - Local insurance groups help Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad

06/16/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Stolen car plucked from Fort Loudoun Lake

06/16/11 - WBIR - Crews retrieve submerged car from west Knox Co. park

05/31/11 - WATE - Volunteer Rescue Squad says rescued caver fell hundreds of feet

05/30/11 - WATE - Crews rescue man trapped in Tennessee cave

05/31/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Man rescued after cave fall

05/30/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville crew helps rescue man from Franklin County cave

05/30/11 - WBIR - Man rescued from cave in SE Tennessee

05/25/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Tractor-trailer driver cited in I-75 sideswipe

05/23/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Tractor-trailer damages emergency vehicles on I-75

05/21/11 - WVLT - 3 emergency response trucks hit by tractor trailer on the scene of overnight accident

05/21/11 - WBIR - I75 open again after early morning accident

04/28/11 - WBIR - Five waves of storms leaves 9 dead in Bradley Co.

04/28/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Widespread damage in East Tennessee after barrage of hail, winds, rain

04/05/11 - Five Reasons for Optimism

04/18/11 - WATE - Boaters rescue pilot after crash into Tennessee River

04/18/11 - WBIR -Crews plan to remove small plane that crashed into Tennessee River

04/16/11 - WBIR -One paramedic still recovering after ambulance wreck

01/10/11 - WBIR - East Tennessee Snow: Emergency responders ready for snow storm

01/09/11 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Computer recycling event offered twice

12/20/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - East Knox County woman killed in crash

12/05/10 - WATE - Woman Found Dead (Video)

12/05/10 - WBIR - Police find body of missing 95-year-old woman

12/03/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxvillians appear on 'Deadly Descent

11/30/10 - WBIR - Officials identify body found in river near downtown

11/30/10 - WATE - Homeless man's body found in water near Volunteer Landing

11/23/10 - WBIR - Knoxville Rescue Squad receives award for service in Nashville

11/17/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Spelunker breaks leg in two places in Anderson cave fall

11/17/10 - WATE - Crews rescue man from Claxton cave

11/17/10 - WVLT - Man rescued after falling 500 feet

11/17/10 - WBIR - Man rescued from Anderson Co. cave

10/21/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel -29-year-old man killed in tree-cutting accident

10/11/10 - WBIR - Car crash victim thankful for United Way-supported rescue squad

10/05/10 - WVLT - Residents displaced after West Knoxville apartment fire

09/18/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Owner critical in Powell home explosion

09/16/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Youth injured in dive into quarry

07/29/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - No one hurt in plane crash at Downtown Island Airport

07/25/10 - WVLT - Swimmer drowns at The Cove

07/25/10 - WATE - Swimmer drowns in West Knox County lake

07/25/10 - WVLT - Swimmer drowns at The Cove

07/25/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - 26-year-old man drowns while swimming in Knox County lake

07/25/10 - WBIR - Body found in Sevier County landfill

06/12/10 - WATE -Man pulled from Holston River, taken to hospital

05/07/10 - WBIR - Knox rescue squad returns from 2nd trip to help flood victims in Nashville

05/06/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knox team to assist in flood rescue effort

05/06/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Flooded areas of state need our help

05/05/10 - WVLT - Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad helps Middle Tennessee flood victims

05/05/10 - WATE - Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad helps Middle Tennessee flood victims

05/05/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Rescue Squad deployed to flooded Cheatham County

05/04/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - 05/05/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Rescue Squad deployed to flooded Cheatham County

04/05/10 - WVLT - Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad saves lives for free

01/18/10 - WATE - Woman jumps into Melton Hill Lake to save driver of sinking truck - VIDEO

01/18/10 - WVLT - Driver rescued out of Melton Hill Lake

01/16/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Search dog, handler aiding in rescue effort

01/10/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Event helps recycle electronics

01/10/10 - WVLT - diving, in below freezing temps

01/06/10 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knowsy Knoxville: Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc.

12/21/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - David Brace

12/16/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Chaplaincy offers comfort to families long after fires extinguished

12/09/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Search under way for body in rubble of West Knox house leveled by explosion

12/08/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Maynardville Highway reopened after fatal crash

10/07/09 - KVERS to share Underwater Technology Expertise at the VideoRay Conference

10/06/09 - WBIR - Man, found trapped under mower in creek, identified

09/27/09 - WBIR - Missing ATV rider survives raging river

09/17/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Would-be rescuers can't save victim in fiery Chapman Hwy. crash

07/27/09 - WVLT - Most water-related deaths preventable

07/27/09 - WVLT - Most water-related deaths preventable (Video)

07/24/09 - WBIR - Knoxville Rescue Squad Voted No.2 Non-Profit (Video)

07/22/09 - WBIR - Rescuers free worker who fell at sewage treatment plant

07/20/09 - WATE - Man dies when pickup truck crashes into Melton Hill Lake

07/20/09 - WBIR - One killed in crash near Oak Ridge Marina

07/20/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Clinton man dies in truck crash near Melton Hill Lake

07/05/09 - WBIR - Police find body in Fort Loudoun Lake

07/05/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Body found floating in Fort Loudoun Lake

07/01/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Authorities on scene of reported jumper from Gay Street Bridge

06/29/09 - WBIR - Five deaths in past week involve water (and Water Safety Tips)

06/28/09 - WBIR - Divers find body of missing child in Ft. Loudoun Lake

06/28/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Boy attending birthday party drowns in Fort Loudoun Lake

06/25/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Boater's body recovered from Watts Bar after collision with barge

06/24/09 - Johnson City Press - Search for possible drowning in Bristol TN

06/24/09 - Kingsport Times News - Search for Possible Drowning in Bristol TN

06/07/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Plane Crash and Recovery

06/07/09 - WBIR - Plane Crash and Recovery

06/06/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Blount Ave Quarry Recovery

06/06/09 - WBIR - Blount Ave Quarry Recovery

06/06/09 - WVLT - Blount Ave Quarry Recovery

06/05/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Blount Quarry Recovery

06/05/09 - WATE - Blount Quarry Recovery

05/06/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Swedes come to E. Tenn. for emergency training

04/20/09 - EMS1 - KVERS works to free driver from car crash

04/20/09 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Alcohol involved in fatal Martin Mill Pike crash

04/11/09 - WATE - Search crews find body of missing Tellico Lake boater

02/24/09 - LIFESTAR's Harrington Wins 'Hero' Award

12/19/08 - WATE - Man rescued from Monroe County Cave

12/18/08 - Knox News Sent. - Trapped spelunker rescued in Monroe County

12/18/08 - WVLT - Trapped Madisonville caver rescued, suffering from mild hypothermia

11/05/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Ultralight pilot ID'd after crash into N. Knox barn

11/06/08 - EMS1 - An Entangled Rescue

11/5/08 - WBIR - Pilot removed from ultralight crash

10/29/08 -  Knoxville News Sentinel Video - Newton's Law of Gravity

09/27/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Fisherman finds body in lake; description fits missing woman

07/29/08 - Knox News - Emergency groups plan ahead for crisis scenarios

07/26/08 - WATE - Knoxville's first Irish Festival green in more ways than 1

07/21/08 - WBIR Rescue Squad Academy

07/21/08 - WBIR - Recruits practice rescue squad techniques on old cars

07/20/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel Cove Lake Drowning

07/20/08 - WATE - Cove Lake Drowning

07/20/08 - WBIR - Cove Lake Drowning

07/18/08 - WATE Update - Man injured while cutting trees in rural Knox County

07/18/08 - WATE - Man injured while cutting trees in rural Knox County

07/10/08 - WBIR - Clinton Car Crash

07/10/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knox crash kills Clinton man

06/30/08 - WVLT - New car safety measures tough for "jaws of life" to swallow

06/01/08 - WVLT - Crews recover body of South Knoxville jumper

5/17/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - A BIG THANK YOU to KVERS

5/5/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Emergency rescue workers celebrate vision of public service

4/26/08 - WBIR - Search is on for a possible missing parachutist

4/03/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Body found in lake; ID, cause of death unknown

3/31/08 - WATE - Follow-up on Smoky Mtn Cave Rescue

3/27/08 - Fireman's Fund -  Grant Helps Save a Life in the 'Nick of Time'

3/21/08 - WBIR- Missing spelunkers rescued from cave

03/21/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Wet, cold explorers pulled from park cavern

03/21/08 - WBIR - Smoky Mtn Cave Rescue VIDEO

03/21/08 - CNN News - Four cavers found alive

2/7/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Knox rescuers come home quickly

2/6/08 - Knoxville New Sentinel - Rescue Squad sends dogs to search explosion site

2/3/08 Knoxville News Sentinel - New truck dedicated to late KVERS member

1/26/08 - Knoxville News Seintinel - Club awards honor rescue workers for efforts, cooperation

1/18/08 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Alzheimer's patient still missing in West Knox County

10/10/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Elderly woman survives a 60-foot tumble down cliff

10/10/07 - WATE - Elderly woman rescued after fall into Knox County ravine

7/14/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Rescue Squad quietly backed daring July 4 feat

7/10/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - $35,000 donation will go long way for rescue squad

7/5/07 - WBIR - Experts offer safety tips to prevent water tragedies

7/4/07 - WBIR - Dane Bradshaw trip down the Zip Line World's Fair July 4th Celebration (video)

7/4/07 - WVLT - Knoxville 4th of July Celebration / Dane Bradshaw Zip Line

7/4/07 - WATE - Dane Bradshaw Zip Line from Sunsphere (video)

7/3/07 - WBIR - Preparation of the Dane Bradshaw Zip Line (text)

7/3/07 - WBIR - Preparation of the Dane Bradshaw Zip Line (video)

6/21/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Divers recover body of missing man

6/10/07 - WVLT Search For Missing Boater Becomes Recovery Operation

5/30/07 - WBIR - Body of missing swimmer recovered

5/6/07 - WBIR - Crews search Cherokee Lake for missing swimmer

3/24/07 - WVLT - Body Found in South Knoxville

3/14/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Caver rescued, hospitalized after fall

3/10/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Crew pulls drowning victim from French Broad River

3/10/07 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Fort Loudoun search to resume today

10/16/06 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Chopper pilot locates lost Knox hikers

10/14/06 - WBIR Major Disaster Drill

10/6/06 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Alcohol was likely a factor in fatal boating accident

9/5/06 - Body found today in Holston River - Knoxville News Sentinel

7/16/06 - WBIR Coverage of Swift Water I Training

6/26/06 - WVLT Safety Concerns around cliff jumping

6/24/06 - WATE Teen drowns near Duncan Boat Dock

6/23/06 - Knoxville News Sentinel - Outing at Lake turns tragic

6/14/06 - News Sentinel - Water Rescue Team - Swift Water Training

5/7/06 -WATE New robot helping Knox Co. rescuers with underwater searches

4/18/06 - WBIR   Man who died in Chapman Highway crash drifted into oncoming traffic

4/15/06 - WATE Knoxville man found dead in river

1/9/06 - WVLT Knoxville Rescue Squad Divers find body in car

1/2/06 - WBIR Search for Herb Freshour in Loudon - Article

1/2/06 - WBIR Search for Herb Freshour in Loudon - News Video

8/21/05 - WBIR Story KVERS Water Team searches for man in Norris Lake

7/23/05 - Channel 8 News - KVERS Support Team helps Rural Metro with large house fire

Local pilot killed in Knoxville plane crash; harrowing rescue             

One Dead in South Knox Plane Crash                 

Body found in Holston River

Flea market fund-raiser by family of boy killed in bridge jump                

7/11/04 - Drowning Accident                      

Family of Will Brown gives over $25,000 to rescue squad                

Construction worker dies after becoming buried in collapsed trench              

52-Year-Old Man Killed in Trench Collapse            

Rescuers Resort to Gas Management (4/10/2005)                   

Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad Makes Presentation To Mayor Ragsdale                        

 

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