Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was …
Lack of business base in East Knox concerns Underwood
Conley Underwood has lived in East Knox County all his life so far. He loves the downhome, small-town feel and good neighbors. But he also worries. It’s the least developed …
Attorney Wanda Sobieski eats barriers for breakfast
Knoxville attorney Wanda Sobieski is described as aggressive. And formidable. She says she is just stubborn. It was likely that characteristic that led her to become the first female partner …
Bruce Hartmann borrows page from millennials
Business buzzwords in the past few years often include the phrase “sense of purpose” and “purpose-driven” as a way to explain the millennial workforce.
Bruce Hartmann, vice president of community and …
Rhonda Rice Clayton: working – not just waiting – in the wings
As is often the case when hiring an executive, an argument can be made to go outside and get fresh eyes on an organization, or to promote from within a …
Drug deaths drop in ’18
District Atty. Gen. Charme Allen ended 2018 with a win. The law enforcement effort she leads has reduced deaths by opioid overdose in Knox County, albeit by just three. In …
Kim Bumpas finds lots to love in her job as chief of Visit Knoxville
Kim Bumpas says she came to Knoxville to attend a Vol football game and fell in love with the town. When she graduated from high school in Collierville, a Memphis …
Ultimate insider SRW has done it all – even prison
If you are involved in Republican politics in Tennessee, chances are your number is one of the thousand entries in SRW’s phone.
In the almost five decades since she graduated from …