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Messer Construction Co. recently named craft force manager Todd Sasser its Knoxville Region 2014 Community Service Award recipient in recognition of his volunteer work throughout East Tennessee.

A team of medical specialists worked in clockwork precision at Gastrointestinal Associates on March 28 to provide free, and potentially lifesaving, screening colonoscopies to 42 patients in the program’s sixth year of helping the East Tennessee community.

More than 7,750 runners participated in the race events at the 2015 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, which took place March 28-29 in Knoxville, Tennessee. In its 11th year, the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon is the largest competitive road race in East Tennessee.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2015 For more information, contact: Natalie Lester Moxley Carmichael (865) 544-0088 [title] Members of the Tennessee Smokies front office will be teaming up with U.S. Cellular and other partners to help clean up and renovate

Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) Board of Commissioners voted today at its monthly meeting to appoint Art Cate as executive director of the public housing and redevelopment agency for the City of Knoxville and Knox County. Cate has served as KCDC’s chief operating officer since 2001.

Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers and travel plazas in North America, will offer fun, interactive experiences for professional drivers and all attendees at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), March 26-28, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Thanks to fundraising efforts from the “Our Kids, Our Future Campaign,” the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley broke ground on facilities that will allow the organization to serve more kids, more often, in a more meaningful way.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra announces the 2015-2016 season of the Knoxville News Sentinel Pops Series. Subscriptions are on sale now starting at $105 and current subscribers have first chance to renew their subscriptions and retain their seats. Single tickets will go on sale in August 2015.

Street and lane closures will occur throughout the center city and surrounding areas for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon race events, which will be held March 28-29. All roads are expected to be open by 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29.

Home Federal Bank of Tennessee recently announced the re-election of four board members.