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The Knoxville Focus for September 5, 2017

by design | Sep 4, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Dr. Tom Kim hosting 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament Dr. Tom Kim invites Knoxville area golfers to join him Wednesday, Sept. 20, for a round at Egwani Farms Golf Course. That’s the venue for the ninth installment of the tournament that bears his name. The Dr. Tom...

Gift Card Hypocrisy

by Steve Hunley | Sep 4, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News-Sentinel is no stranger to hypocrisy; no indeed, the Sentinel and hypocrisy are on intimate terms. The story published in the Sentinel last Saturday attacking Commissioners Charles Busler and Bob Thomas reached new heights of...

Ground broken for new Morning Pointe Assisted Living

by design | Sep 4, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com About 100 people attended the groundbreaking last Tuesday for the new Morning Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on Westland Drive near the Pellissippi Parkway. The West Knox County facility began Phase One of the...

The Last Vestige of the Crump Machine: Clifford Davis, Part III

by Ray Hill | Sep 4, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Clifford Davis had first been selected by E. H. Crump, the undisputed political boss of Shelby County, to go to Congress in a 1940 special election.  Davis had remained in Congress since that time and his congressional career had likely been saved when he...

Coleman’s special season masked track team’s deficiencies

by Steve Williams | Sep 4, 2017 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams

By Steve Williams I have taken a closer look at Tennessee team performances for men and women on the SEC and NCAA levels during the 2016-17 school year. From an overall standpoint, it’s not a pretty sight. In 2009, UT put men’s and women’s cross country and track into...

Old city rivals A-E and Fulton set to collide again

by design | Sep 4, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

  By Steve Williams Jeff Phillips called Austin-East’s win at Fulton in 2016 “a signature win for our program.” The 20-13 victory over their city rival sparked the Roadrunners to a 12-2 season and a run to the Class 2A state semifinals. “Fulton was beating us...
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