![]() Silas Sloan is the growth and development reporter. The Boyd Center data doesn't include the demographics of the additional residents, but that information will be available in June, a Boyd Center spokesperson said Knox News. It's the city's largest one-year gain in decades, according to the report, since the city annexed land in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. That's a 1.2% population gain to 195,889 residents. The Scruffy City trailed Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Lebanon and Chattanooga. Knoxville ranked sixth among Tennessee cities in population growth, adding 2,291 people. Knoxville's population also grew during that time period. Everything sold at the market, which is held every Wednesday and Saturday through November 19, is grown, raised and/or made by vendors within a 150-mile radius of Knoxville. Email strong local journalism by subscribing at /subscribe.People buy produce and other items on opening day of Nourish Knoxville's Market Square Farmers Market held in Downtown Knoxville on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. But, he told the defense attorneys, that was not enough to convince him that information would produce a different result at trial. The judge agreed there was more than enough evidence to impeach Henderson's credibility. I had no reason to think there was anything wrong."Īssistant Public Defender Jonathan Harwell sought to convince the judge that Amburn's testimony clearly showed he knew there were things Henderson was doing that made him uncomfortable. "I knew he bought (Apple) products for the unit. "I personally did not think anything was improper," he said. While he was aware that fellow officers were working on construction projects, Amburn insisted he did not know sheriff's office funds were used or that officers worked on personal projects while on the clock. "I didn’t always agree with everything," Amburn said, adding he had no knowledge of any illegal activities. He now will head to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, where his case has been in limbo for three years pending the outcome in Knox County Criminal Court.Īmburn, currently an assistant chief deputy overseeing departments that include major crimes and narcotics, repeatedly said during testimony June 9 that he was uncomfortable answering questions pertaining to the federal indictment of his former supervisor because he didn't want to impede the investigation.Īmburn said on the stand he was "shocked" by some of the allegations in the federal indictment, refusing to answer whether he believed they were true. The judge agreed there was no reason for him to appear, however, since he intended to plead the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify.Īfter the hearing, which included testimony from Henderson's former second in command, David Amburn, the judge ruled that even without Henderson, enough evidence was presented at trial for a jury conviction.įerguson's fight is far from over. Watch Video: Ex-Knox drug chief retired day after FBI searchĪnderson County Judge Ryan Spitzer, brought in after Knox County's judges all recused themselves, didn't buy the argument that the federal indictment of a key witness was enough to overturn Harlan Ferguson's murder conviction.įerguson filed the appeal of his conviction more than three years ago, on grounds that the former narcotics chief who testified against him is under indictment by the FBI.įormer Knox County Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief David Henderson, whose criminal trial is in limbo over questions about his mental competency, had been subpoenaed to appear June 9 in Knox County Criminal Court.
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