Click here to view this week's Focus.   Improvements being made at Knoxville Center Mall exit By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com Several months ago, The Focus began following Knoxville City Councilman Nick Della Volpe and his quest to see improvements made to...

  Click here to view the full paper. Saving the Kerns Bread Building By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Call it making the best of a bad situation or making lemonade when life gives you lemons, it is a story of success that grew out of necessity. When a...

  Click here to view this week's Focus. Teachers vent at school board meeting By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Teachers and supporters voiced their frustration with the current state-required teaching method and attacked School Superintendent James McIntyre...

Click here to view this week's Focus. Angelic Ministries prepares for holiday season By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com When Betsy Stowers Frazier contemplated what retirement had in store, she first considered opening a thrift store in the old Merita Bread Factory....

Click here to view this week's Focus. The Civil War comes to life By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com One hundred and fifty years ago a bloody battle took place in Knoxville and on October 10, 11, 12 and 13, thousands of re-enactors and history-minded visitors will...

Click here to view this week's Focus. WUTK celebrates ‘College Radio Day’ with critical effort to keep station on air WUTK-FM 90.3 The Rock, the University of Tennessee’s award-winning radio station that serves as a lab for students, will be conducting an on-air...

Click here to view this week's Focus. Sheriff’s Department apprehends burglary suspect Alvin Frye, owner of the Exxon Station on North Broadway, called the Knox County Sheriff’s Office on September 10th and requested that the agency investigate a theft that occurred...