Lauren Davis

5 days ago | wbir.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Mother's Day arrives on Sunday, and flowers are often a thoughtful gesture. This year, that gesture could cost families more after President Donald Trump put sweeping tariffs into place. Walta Patt, who owns Powell Florist, said Mother's Day is known as the "Super Bowl of Florists." But the tariffs could increase prices because several kinds of cut flowers are sourced from outside the United States.

5 days ago | localmemphis.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Mother's Day arrives on Sunday, and flowers are often a thoughtful gesture. This year, that gesture could cost families more after President Donald Trump put sweeping tariffs into place. Walta Patt, who owns Powell Florist, said Mother's Day is known as the "Super Bowl of Florists." But the tariffs could increase prices because several kinds of cut flowers are sourced from outside the United States.

1 week ago | localmemphis.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman at the University of Tennessee said she hopes to have more East Tennessee families involved in a nonprofit she leads before she heads home for the summer. Leighanne Bryant started Gold Star Kids Support Services as a project to receive the Girl Scouts Gold Award, the organization's highest honor. She started it in her junior year of high school, and the nonprofit collects donations to support children of families who lost loved ones as they served in the military.

1 week ago | wbir.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman at the University of Tennessee said she hopes to have more East Tennessee families involved in a nonprofit she leads before she heads home for the summer. Leighanne Bryant started Gold Star Kids Support Services as a project to receive the Girl Scouts Gold Award, the organization's highest honor. She started it in her junior year of high school, and the nonprofit collects donations to support children of families who lost loved ones as they served in the military.

1 week ago | wbir.com | Lauren Davis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Morning cups of coffee could soon start costing more, after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on most countries that produce coffee. The import tax adds to rising prices for ongoing droughts in many of those regions. Justin D'Agostino said he has to decide whether he will take on the increased costs himself or pass them on to customers by raising the price of his products. He owns and runs Cafe Lomez, a mobile coffee truck. He got the idea after a trip to Indonesia.