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U.S. Cellular offers technology gift recommendations for everyone on your list It’s that time of the year again, as families across East Tennessee start planning for the holidays and making gift lists. With one in three consumers already owning a

Today, Randy Boyd, founder and chairman of Radio Systems Corporation, presented checks totaling $15,000 to Audrey Wrushen and Sherene Jacobs, winners of two business pitch contests by the Knoxville Area Urban League. Boyd congratulated Wrushen and Jacobs and presented the

South College has offered assistance to students affected by the shuttering of Virginia College, which announced this week that it would close 11 campuses, including its Knoxville location. Knoxville-based South College will reach out to the displaced students to provide

Due to an overwhelming response, the Big Ears Festival will offer a special opportunity to experience the Nashville Ballet’s performance of “Lucy Negro Redux” with Rhiannon Giddens on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at the Tennessee Theatre. Tickets for the special

Emmy Award-winning journalist Erin Donovan has joined Moxley Carmichael as its digital storyteller, bringing expertise in video, photography and multimedia, and a passion for promotion and client service. Donovan is well-known in the East Tennessee community both for her eight

The Tranzonic Companies recently hired Ben Powers as continuous improvement manager at the national manufacturing firm’s West Knoxville facility. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, The Tranzonic Companies has been in business for more than 90 years and manufactures wiping cloths; personal

Pilot Convenience Stores presented checks totaling more than $39,000 to two East Tennessee nonprofit organizations on Nov. 29 at the Pilot Convenience Store in Rocky Hill at 7686 S. Northshore Drive in Knoxville. The first, a $23,977 check to Emerald

Saturday, Dec. 1, event sponsored by BISSELL Pet Foundation Young-Williams Animal Center will try to “Empty the Shelter” Saturday, Dec. 1, with $20 adoptions of all kittens and adult cats and dogs. The event is sponsored by the BISSELL Pet

National wireless carrier pledges $160,000 to support 16 youth initiatives impacting communities across the country On Giving Tuesday, U.S. Cellular’s The Future of Good program returns for its fourth year, to champion and invest in youth who are doing good

The Concerts on Cumberland series continues Sunday, Dec. 2, when Orison, a Knoxville-based vocal group, will perform an uplifting and meditative Compline service at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral. The performance includes adaptations of the daily sequence of prayers that monastic