by design | Aug 20, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Ward urges state to help with mental health facility By Focus Staff Knox County Commissioner Kyle Ward has fired off a letter to Governor Bill Lee urging financial support for a mental health facility to be located in Knoxville and Knox County. Of the four big urban...
by design | Aug 20, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Comprehensive Mental Health-Drug Treatment Center Needed For Knox And Surrounding Counties Knox County Commissioner Kyle Ward has certainly created a lot of conversation when he lobbed the resolution asking for the State of Tennessee to consider...
by design | Aug 20, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Fulton’s father figure and guiding light passes away By Steve Williams Bob Black was a longtime teacher, coach and administrator at Fulton High School. And on top of that, he became a father figure to the students and a guiding light for many years. After being on the...
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Kentucky Statesman: Governor Simeon Willis By Ray Hill Even today, Democrats seem to have an easier time winning the governorship of Kentucky than either of the state’s seats in the United States Senate. Kentucky was primarily a Democratic state for many years and...
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From farmland to railroad community to suburb: Oakwood-Lincoln Park By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Nestled between North Broadway, Old North Knoxville and the Southern Railway the neighborhood of Oakwood-Lincoln Park prides itself on history and...