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In Knoxville, Scripps employees “live the brand”

In the early '90s, Ken Lowe, a hot-shot young radio and TV executive with the E.W. Scripps Company, looked around the television landscape and did not like what he saw. "I became disenchanted with TV...

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Big party in Tennessee First Lady’s new garden

When Tennessee's First Lady, Crissy Haslam, throws a garden party, it's a doozy! Earlier this month, more than 800 folks attended the First Lady's Luncheon, an entertaining outdoor fundraiser for the...

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Kristian Bush, “Cousins Undercover” guys help Scripps Networks raise funds...

How many times have you been to a fundraiser and experienced this formula: silent auction, dinner, live auction and then dancing to a cover band at a stuffy country club? Now here's a charity event...

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‘The biscuit is America’s croissant’

"The biscuit is America's croissant." So said Food Network star Tyler Florence, who made an appearance in Knoxville this past weekend as part of the wildly successful International Biscuit Festival...

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Cindy McConkey: ‘Playing in the big leagues now’

Cindy McConkey, groundbreaking sportswriter, public relations professional and non-profit manager, passed away at age 58 last month after a four-year battle with biliary liver cancer. An avid athlete...

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