Veterans Spotlight

Rich Gross discusses his legal career and his current work with local veterans https://vimeo.com/356011119 As a young man, Rich Gross knew deep down that he wanted to be a lawyer. He also knew that there was no money set…
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Bradley Walker might hesitate to pronounce the Latin motto of the Wounded Warrior Regiment, of which he is a member, but he lives its message every day. Etiam in pugna. Still in the fight. Despite losing his legs to an IED explosion in Iraq…
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U.S. Army Captain Michael Trost’s Path to the Farm The hilltop house of Michael and Stephanie Trost in Maryville is in transition. They are slowly cleaning out, packing, and preparing to sell the Maryville property in order to realize…
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By Stuart Holland | Photo by Hobe Brunson Paul Soares spent 25 years hunting hurricanes & Soviet submarines Knoxville resident Paul Soares served 3 tours of duty in naval aviation. He spent one year as a command…
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Flying, Teaching, and Leading in the 134th Lee Hartley gets up every day knowing exactly what he needs to do. “We’re here to fly airplanes,” says the tall, lanky Doyle High School graduate. In 2018, Col. M. Lee Hartley Jr. became…
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Jonathan Williams, Navy Veteran and business owner, had just returned from his third cross-country bicycle tour. The tours have added up to more than 11,000 miles across 25 states. This latest tour was the 2018 Unity Ride, filming a…
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Stephanie Welch believes everything is connected; the evolution of her life and career in Knox County proves it. She grew up in Boscawen, New Hampshire, "a one-stoplight town" in a rural farming community, north of Concord. She came to…
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Terry’s company office bears the hallmarks of a busy person who knows how to unwind: Working papers on the desk; photographs and awards carefully placed; a giant rack of elk antlers on the wall. He’s the owner of Real-Time Construction in…
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Richard Briggs hates sitting in traffic. “Nashville’s is awful, it’s growing so fast. Middle Tennessee is one of the fastest growing parts of the country.” Richard is a Tennessee State Senator, elected in 2014. He lives in west Knoxville…
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Retired USAF Colonel and former Wing Commander Tim Dearing lives in a comfortable home not far from Tellico Lake, with his wife Lisa, their daughter Harley, and three shy cats. The house is filled with family photographs and keepsakes,…
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