by design | Jul 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Johnson vs. Blackburn? Word is trickling out that state Representative Gloria Johnson will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat currently held by Marsha Blackburn. While Johnson hasn’t officially announced her...
by design | Jul 30, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Standard Knitting Mill Employee Reunion is Saturday By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com By the time Standard Knitting Mill closed in 1989, more than 4,000 people had worked there. The empty, circa 1945 building on Washington Avenue is the only structure...
by design | Jul 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Georgia’s Little New Deal: Governor Eurith D. Rivers By Ray Hill One of the phenomena of the coming of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 was the number of states that elected governors who tried to emulate the president inasmuch as they put into place what were frequently...
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Muse Knoxville celebrates newly renovated exhibits By Ken Lay Muse Knoxville unveiled a pair of new exhibits Thursday morning, bringing excitement to a humid day. It opened a new and improved version of its Healthy Kids Clinic Exhibit inside the building. Muse...
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Turner’s camp mixes in life skills and tough love By Steve Williams The play on the court had gotten a little rough and physical even among the first through fifth graders in the annual Elston Turner Basketball Camp last week at Austin-East High School’s Clifford H....
by design | Jul 30, 2023 | The Daily Focus
August 14th, 7 PM, Fellowship Hall, Eastminster Presbyterian Church Meet all of the At-Large Candidates for City Council How will an At-Large Candidate help East Knoxville? Audience questions/candidate answers.