Morning Notes for Oct. 26: Public safety, Today and this week

Weather: Today: Patchy fog then mostly sunny, 74°F. Tonight: Partly cloudy then patchy fog, 46°F. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, 75°F. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, 49°F. (NWS forecast)

Public safety

• TBI Special Agents Investigating Knox County Officer-Involved Shotting Updated at 2:30 p.m. – The deceased individual has been identified as Caleb Barber (DOB: 02/26/95). At the request of 6th Judicial District Attorney General Charme Allen, TBI agent (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)
• KPD investigating deadly early-morning shooting on E. Magnolia Avenue UPDATE (October 25, 2026, 8:15 am): Victim identified from shooting on E. Magnolia Avenue The victim of the shooting that happened early Saturday morning in the 2100 block of E. Ma (Knoxville Police Department)

Today and this week

• Knoxville Official Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 Sat. Oct. 31, 3 p.m.; Local Smokey; 404 Williams Street, Knoxville; $10.99 (Knoxville Chamber)
• The Halloween Bar Crawl – Knoxville Sat. Oct. 31, 4 p.m.; Skybox Sports Bar and Grill; 415 S Gay St, Knoxville; $20.11 (Knoxville Chamber)
• Veterans Memorial Park Work Day 2026 Fri. Oct. 30, 10 a.m.; French Broad Veterans Memorial Park; 2302 E Gov John Sevier Highway, Knoxville (Knoxville Chamber)
• HOUSE OF HEX Fri. Oct. 30, 7 p.m.; HEX; 4320 Ball Camp Pike, Knoxville (Knoxville Chamber)
• Starlight Movie Night featuring ET Wed. Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m.; Ancient Lore Village; 7107 Sevierville Pike, Knoxville (Knoxville Chamber)
• OSHA 30 Training (Construction) Tue. Oct. 27, 8 a.m.; Associated Builders and Contractors; 105 W Churchwell Ave, Knoxville; Price Varies (Knoxville Chamber)
• General Job Fair Tue. Oct. 27, 11 a.m.; Roane State Community College Oak Ridge Campus; 701 Briarcliff Ave, Oak Ridge; Free (Knoxville Chamber) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Knoxville’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.