Beauty is as beauty does and for Ms.Tennessee United States 2017, Ashley Ingram, its creating a platform for making every woman feel like a Queen. She is an expert on self confidence and beauty, participating in pageants from the age of 5 months. It’s not just about clothing and accessories,…

On the banks of the Tennessee River sits one of the most iconic landmarks in college football, Neyland Stadium, home to the University of Tennessee Volunteers. The seating capacity of 102,037 has grown by one, but it is a seat that will always be empty. That’s right, no one will…

Nearly every town has an “icon” – the one business that has been around for so long, everyone knows about it. In Sweetwater, The Lily Pad Boutique is an icon 40 years in the making, poised to make its way into the annals of history as a pillar of women’s…

Situated on 185 acres of rolling hills and farmland just north of Sweetwater, Dry Ridge Farm is a full service horse boarding and training facility specializing in equestrian three-day eventing -- essentially a triathlon for horse and rider with challenges in dressage, cross-country endurance and show jumping. The facility is…

When Lou Lovingood, a 63-year-old grandmother from Sweetwater, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, she didn’t shed a tear.Those came, she said, after receiving the first letter from her insurance company denying coverage for proton therapy, a type of radiation treatment that targets a specific location while minimizing…

Heather Watson, owner of The Fit Stop Health Shop, began her journey into health and fitness not because she was fit and healthy but because she was not. Once athletic, but not necessarily nutritionally sound, several years ago Heather was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the outlook was grim. …