Kelly Long of Fountain City Lions Club
The 80-year-old Fountain City Lions Club got its first female president in 2018. Kelly Long, marketing director for Dalton Collision, joined to help club …
Local leaders make Fountain City hum
Cameron Brooks pursues equity for humans, canines
Cameron Brooks is a man with eclectic interests. He sells real estate, he works to rescue homeless dogs, he’s been a political party chair and he is into his second …
Historic first for Judge Reeves
U.S. District Judge Pamela L. Reeves will become the chief judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee on April 1, succeeding U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan, who has held …
Used to heights, Jennings is well grounded in politics
People running for political office, especially those who win, usually make it a point to have lunch with Jim Jennings. It’s not just that he writes checks – though he …
Bill Weigel gets 2018 PBPA award
Bill Weigel, board chair of Powell-based Weigel’s Stores, was named Business Person of the Year for 2018 by the Powell Business & Professional Association. The award was presented in March …
Valliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
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 …