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QDR Hometown Hero

THANK YOU to all of our police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers, EMS workers, and other fearless first responders!

We are so grateful for all of your hard work, dedication, and willingness to risk life and limb for others.

Listen each Wednesday at 7:11 a.m. and 9:11 a.m. as the Q Morning Crew features and says thank you to a local Hometown Hero.

The featured Hometown Hero will win a gift card from Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q.

Want to nominate a Hometown Hero? Click Here.

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Hometown Hero of the Week

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jeff Newcomb, December 25th, 2024

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jeff Newcomb, December 25th, 2024

Our QDR Hometown Hero of the week is Jeff Newcomb, Volunteer with the Rosewood Fire Department.

Jeff is loved throughout the community. He is a great father to his two sons that are also volunteering along with their dad at Rosewood Fire Dept. He would give the shirt off his back if someone needed it. He is a cancer survivor 3 times with colon cancer. He retired after 30 years working with the state. He went right back to work. The man will not stay still, working is all he knows!” 

Thank you, Jeff, for your service! As a token of our appreciation, we’re sending you a $50 gift card to Smithfield’s Chicken ‘N Bar-B-Q and $50 from First Horizon Bank to thank you for all you do.

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Previously Featured Hometown Heroes

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jordan Craven, July 20, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jordan Craven, July 20, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Mackenzie Koonts, July 13, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Mackenzie Koonts, July 13, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Brittany Thomas, July 6, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Brittany Thomas, July 6, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Phillip Howard, June 29, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Phillip Howard, June 29, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jon Barbour, June 22, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Jon Barbour, June 22, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Wendy Radford, June 15, 2022

Hometown Hero of the Week: Wendy Radford, June 15, 2022

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