by Ray Hill | May 13, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Governor Albert H. Roberts, first elected in 1918, was having a difficult time winning reelection in 1920. Tennessee had traditionally given governors a second two-year term, save for the most controversial or incompetent. Roberts had been an able enough...
by design | May 13, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Water polo is an Olympic sport and played by most schools on the West Coast but the sport has been in Knoxville and Bearden High School since 2013. It is alive and well at the school. The Bulldogs water polo club recently competed in the state...
by design | May 13, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Culp hurls Beavers to third straight title By Steve Williams With southpaw starter Jared Culp allowing only one hit through six innings, Karns High’s baseball team just needed a little offense of its own in the championship game of the District 3-AAA...
by design | May 13, 2018 | The Daily Focus
‘The Soul of America’ Looks at Critical Times in Our History Renowned presidential historian and Tennessee native Jon Meacham has a message of hope for Americans in these tumultuous times. Meacham will appear in Knoxville on Sunday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at First...
by design | May 12, 2018 | The Daily Focus
PROGRAM: Junior Historian Camp | Summer Camp open to children age 9-13 DATE: June 25-29, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: East Tennessee History Center 601 South Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 ADMISSION: $80...
by design | May 11, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Every year, fires cost business owners billions of dollars—a fact brought home by the 2016 Gatlinburg Fires. That number doesn’t even begin to measure the impact fires have on the business itself and the families of employees who are injured or killed by the...
