by design | Jan 29, 2018 | The Daily Focus
On Thursday, Jan. 25, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) announced Knoxville as the 2018 1st place medium-sized city winner in the Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant program, sponsored by the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America. The $120,000 grant...
by design | Jan 28, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Chief Rausch discusses community outreach By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Police Advisory and Review Committee met in its quarterly public session Thursday evening at the Knox County Education Association on Magnolia Avenue and Police Chief...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 28, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The willingness of the Democrats in the U. S. Senate to shutdown the government in an effort to force Republicans to grant amnesty to DACA recipients should come as no surprise to any thinking person. The DACA law, enacted not by the Congress,...
by Ray Hill | Jan 28, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill I’ve written about Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri previously, but I think he is such an interesting character, he deserves a closer look. Bennett Clark’s life has all the fundamentals of a good story; love, success, turmoil and tragedy. Clark...
by design | Jan 28, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Michael Hines joined the Bearden High bowling team this past fall after the season had begun, but there was a reason why. Hines was living in Cleveland, Tenn., and going to Cleveland High School when his mother died Sept. 22. His older brothers...
by design | Jan 28, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Lonsdale Elementary School honored one of its own Wednesday afternoon as it celebrated the life and legacy of Zaevion Dobson at the second annual Zae Day. Dobson, a 15-year-old Fulton High School football player, was killed on Dec. 17, 2015 when he...
