{"id":1172478,"date":"2022-10-18T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1172478"},"modified":"2022-10-19T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:27:10","slug":"overton-volunteer-fire-department-members-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1172478","title":{"rendered":"Overton Volunteer Fire Department members resign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OVERTON — Some Overton citizens are concerned after several members in their volunteer fire department resigned. Several described what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening as small-town politics. According to our news partner KETK, they said they just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to see it get in the way of the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growth and potential. TJ Lewis has dedicated nearly 11 years of his life to the Overton volunteer fire department. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a giving community. Of course, I got my start here at 16,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lewis. Sunday, he announced his resignation as former assistant chief, but he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the only one. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The chief, me as the former assistant chief, the secretary, and another fireman, they all resigned the same night which was completely unexpected. I had every intention to go in there and resign because I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t agree with what was going on,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lewis. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the latest controversy that has plagued and threatened city business. KETK News reached out to several Overton residents but they declined to be on camera because, for people in town, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sensitive subject.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Volunteering is hurting, so to lose four members, especially four active members, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s definitely a hit to the department,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d added Lewis. Lewis described how his neighbors are feeling. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The community is not happy with it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Lewis. Lewis said his reason for leaving involves current city managers and the rift that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been forming between the departments for some time. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There would need to be a serious sit down between us and the city and basically get on the same page,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d explained Lewis. He said he hopes to see positive change come soon. More will be discussed in a city council meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Lewis said he will read a resignation letter at the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OVERTON — Some Overton citizens are concerned after several members in their volunteer fire department resigned. Several described what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening as small-town politics. According to our news partner KETK, they said they just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to see it get in the way of the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growth and potential. TJ Lewis has dedicated nearly 11 years … Continue reading Overton Volunteer Fire Department members resign<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1172481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/10\/overton-VFD-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Overton Volunteer Fire Department members resign","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 16:20:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/10\/overton-VFD-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Overton Volunteer Fire Department members resign","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1172478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172491,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172478\/revisions\/1172491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1172478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1172478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1172478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}