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Gerdau recently donated $2,000 to support the YWCA Knoxville Victim Advocacy Program, which provides lifesaving services for victims of domestic violence through advocacy, innovative programming and community outreach and education.

South College graduates, joined by family and friends at the historic Tennessee Theatre, listened to U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. deliver the keynote address Saturday at the commencement ceremony.

U.S. Cellular celebrated the grand opening of a digital store in West Knoxville’s Turkey Creek with a ribbon-cutting on June 17 with the Farragut-West Knox Chamber of Commerce. The new store, a nearly half-million dollar investment, is the latest initiative by U.S. Cellular as part of its commitment to East Tennessee.

Young-Williams Animal Center is offering a special incentive to encourage dog adoptions and celebrate the official start of summer. From Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 22, every puppy, adult and senior dog that is adopted will receive a free personalized name tag.

Messer Construction Co. recently named project engineer Gary Broughton its Knoxville 2013 Community Service Award recipient.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will host the KSO 30th Annual Free Pilot Flying J Independence Day Concert on July 4, 2014 at World’s Fair Park at 8:00 p.m.

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon announced today that it will offer a new grant program targeted at promoting healthy living in East Tennessee.

Kunkel Ambulance and Mohawk Valley Ambulance Corps have received regional recognition for their lifesaving response to a mass shooting incident in Herkimer County in 2013.

In June, Young-Williams Animal Center is celebrating National Adopt-a-Cat Month by encouraging supporters to adopt and sponsor the cats in the shelter.

Red White and Food, the nonprofit organization that supports allowing wine sales in Tennessee’s retail food stores, announced the launch of its statewide petition campaign today at a news conference held at the Morrell Road Food City in Knoxville, one of five news conferences held around the state to announce the campaign.