Knoxville businessman Gordon Whitener, who began his career recruiting in college sports, now consults and invests in companies related to media, sports, marketing, and innovative technologies. Last year, Whitener teamed …
Meet four high-tech Knoxville startups that could shake up their industries
Knoxville has a long history of innovation. In 1932, George Dempster invented the Dempster-Dumpster, the first waste container that could be mechanically emptied into a garbage truck. In 1940, Barney …
The Native Plant Rescue Squad saves endangered flora to preserve East Tennessee’s ecosystem
Gerry Moll trudges uphill over uneven ground, leaning forward to drag a large wagon behind him. He’s on a rescue mission. He needs to save small, stranded lives. But he’s …
Six Who Dare: Emerge Tennessee’s Inaugural Class of Democratic Women Candidates From Knoxville
2016 will always be remembered as the year the first major-party female candidate for president skidded to defeat. But 150 other Democratic women candidates in 16 states had an entirely different …
The Unexpected Origins of the School Lunch Program
The unappetizing nature of school cafeteria food is a joke that goes back generations. Perhaps that’s partly because feeding hungry kids was not the primary purpose of the U.S. School …