Mark A. Large/The Daily Times
About 100 girls from Blount County middle and high schools listen attentively to Holly Hatcher, community policing director with the Alcoa Police Department, who delivered the keynote address at the Ninth Annual Sister-to-Sister Summit held Nov. 5 at Preservation Plaza, Maryville.
01:56 AM - The Ninth Annual Sister-to-Sister Summit held Nov. 5 in Maryville drew about 100 Blount County girls in grades 7 through 12. Read more...
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