Click here to view this week's Focus online. Burchett drills down debt, funds schools without a tax increase By Tasha Mahurin “The budget I present to you today is fiscally responsible, does not require a tax increase, and allows us to continue operating within our...

  Click here to view this week's Focus online.   Bill Williams honored on Crime Victims’ Rights Week By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com State Senator Becky Massey, Knox County Commissioner Ed Shouse, Knoxville 311 Director Russ Jensen, Fountain City Lions...

Click here to view this week's Focus. State Budget Contains Funds to help South Knoxville State Senator Becky Massey (R-Knoxville) said last Friday that Governor Bill Haslam included a $30,000 economic development grant to the Legacy Parks Foundation in the state’s...

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Click here to view this week's Focus. Brooks, Niceley Bills Would Take Away Your Primary Vote By Steve Hunley Time travel may still be impossible, but State Senator Frank Nicely and State Representative Harry Brooks have a bill pending in the Tennessee General...

Click here to view this week's Focus. ETTAC Celebrates 25 Years By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com In 1988, a group of parents, adults with disabilities, business people and service providers in the community who believed in the power of technology to aid people...

Click here to view this week's entire Focus. A Titanic Surprise First Class Maid Jodi from Pigeon Forge’s Titanic Museum Attraction paid a surprise visit to seventh grade Gresham Middle School Language Arts teacher, Lynn Dare, last Friday. The visit was in correlation...

Click here to view this week's Focus online. Gibbs uses improbable comeback to make State By Ken Lay Gibbs High School’s boys basketball team found itself in a familiar place early last week. The Eagles were down big in the fourth-quarter of a Section 1-AA final. But...

Click here to view this week's Focus.   County, City heads meet over school security By Focus Staff Knox County leaders gathered last Friday afternoon to discuss school security system concerns. Dale Smith of the Public Building Authority suggested that an...

  Click here to view this week's Focus. Boy Scouts honor Gov. Bill and Chrissy Haslam with Distinguished Citizen Award By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com People from across East Tennessee joined together with the Great Smoky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts...