New Evansville police, fire chiefs named

Thomas B. Langhorne, Evansville Courier & Press
Tony Knight, left, and Phil Smith, center, were appointed to head the Evansville Fire Department and Evansville Police Department on Monday by Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry (at right).
Tony Knight, left, and Phil Smith, center, were appointed to head the Evansville Fire Department and Evansville Police Department on Monday by Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry (at right).

EVANSVILLE — In her two most high-profile appointments, Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry today named Phil Smith to be the city's new police chief and Tony Knight to be fire chief.

Smith, who had been assistant police chief, will succeed Billy Bolin, former Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's choice to be top cop. Knight succeeds Fire Chief Paul Anslinger, who held the job briefly after Chief Mike Connelly's abrupt and unexpected resignation and retirement in September for reasons no one has disclosed.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: Phil Smith named Evansville Police Chief; Tony Knight to lead EFD

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