Inc

Uncle Nearest Distillery Makes New Move in Fight Against Receivership

Nearest Green Distillery and Uncle Nearest whiskey founder Fawn Weaver has filed an emergency request for a federal court hearing to defend the spirits business against its lender, Kentucky-based Farm ...
News 6 WKMG

The story behind ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ Netflix documentary on Susan Lorincz case

LEFT: Susan Lorincz. Right: Ajike Owens (Marion County Sheriff's Office, Owens family) OCALA, Fla. – A feud among Ocala neighbors over where kids could play led to a fatal 2023 shooting and fueled a ...
The New York Times

In ‘The Perfect Neighbor,’ a Terrible Crime Collides With Ethical Concerns

Geeta Gandbhir’s film examines the killing of a Florida woman and “stand your ground” laws, but the issues it raises are bigger than those statutes. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
The Grio

Receiver reports Uncle Nearest has ‘very good’ chance of recovery weeks after falling into receivership

Almost two months after the company fell under a receivership, Uncle Nearest’s prospects for success look “very good.” On Wednesday, October 1, Receiver Phillip G. Young Jr. filed a report in the U.S.
Black Enterprise

New Receiver Accesses Uncle Nearest Finances

Consultants to assess the company’s outside assets for possible liquidation. The lawsuit against Uncle Nearest is moving toward a possible bankruptcy. Court filings show that Phillip G. Young Jr. has ...
Frontiers

Density peak clustering algorithm based on weighted mutual K-nearest neighbors

1 School of Computer Science and Technology, Yibin University, Yibin, China 2 School of Computer and Software, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China Ever since Density Peak Clustering (DPC) ...
Nashville Post

Receiver appointed in Uncle Nearest case

Thompson Burton partner Phillip Young has been appointed as the receiver for Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey related to its lawsuit involving lender claims it owes more than $100 million related to ...
Tennessean

Judge orders receiver to take over Uncle Nearest, TN whiskey brand facing $108M lawsuit

For the eight years it has been on liquor store shelves, Uncle Nearest has capitalized on the personal brand of its founder and CEO Fawn Weaver, who created the company to honor the legacy of the ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Judge orders receivership for troubled Uncle Nearest whiskey distillery

Federal judge orders receivership of Uncle Nearest due to $108M loan default. Court cites $24M in misrepresented inventory as key risk to loan security. Weavers may stay involved in brand marketing to ...
The Root

‘Billion-dollar’ Black-Owned Uncle Nearest Whiskey Brand Could Be In Big Trouble

Founded in 2017, Black-owned whiskey brand Uncle Nearest has made a permanent mark in the alcohol world. The company’s name sake, Nathan “Nearest” Green, was a former enslaved Black man credited with ...