by design | Apr 2, 2018 | The Daily Focus
(Part 1 of an interview with TSSAA Executive Director Bernard Childress) By Steve Williams Bernard Childress once played in a state high school basketball tournament and once coached in one, but he never dreamed he would someday be the Executive Director of the...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Spangler greets supporters at Corryton campaign stop By Ken Lay Tom Spangler has dedicated the majority of his life to law enforcement and now he’s making a bid to become Knox County’s next sheriff. “I knew, from the time that I was in the Air Force, that I wanted to...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There are a great many hard-working deputies in the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Yet the recent controversy between the Knox County Pension Board and Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong illustrates an arrogant sense of entitlement and...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Annual Neighborhood Conference Awards and Networking Luncheon had several surprises, not the least of which is that more than 600 people attended. The popular event was held at Hotel Knoxville, the former Knoxville Marriott,...
by Ray Hill | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Reed Smoot is a name long since forgotten by most, save for those few who remember the Smoot – Hawley tariff legislation. Yet, Reed Smoot was the first Mormon ever to be elected to the United States Senate, setting off a firestorm that consumed much of...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Since then, they’ve combined for nine state championships By Steve Williams Talk about an oddity. The most successful Knox County boys and girls high school basketball head coaches of all time – Fulton High’s Jody Wright and Shelley Sexton Collier of Webb School –...
