by design | Jul 5, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Recently, the Sevier County Humane Society has terminated their agreement with the county in regards to accepting stray or abandoned animals. Mayor Larry Waters has reached an agreement with Pets Without Parents (PWP) to accept the responsibility. PWP would...
by design | Jul 3, 2017 | Public Notice
Foreclosure notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated March 30, 1999, executed by MITZI F. FIX, conveying certain real property...
by design | Jul 2, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Gas Tax Hike Is Here By Focus Staff The hike in the gasoline tax is here and will continue rising over the next few years. This was pushed by Governor Bill Haslam and approved by the state legislature. You can expect to pay 4 cents more per gallon at the pump. Many...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 2, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For sometime now the Knox County School Board has been prodded to change existing discipline policies. A group of people claiming to represent “the community” have been pushing hard to make significant changes in policies that are now in place to...
by design | Jul 2, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By David Klein Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero announced a new initiative Tuesday, June 27, to increase dialogue and voter turnout in this year’s elections called Go Vote! Knoxville. The initiative will have six get-out-the-vote public meetings, one in each of the...
by Ray Hill | Jul 2, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Gordon Browning was a veteran of Tennessee’s turbulent and oftentimes brutal political wars. Browning had unseated a twenty-four year incumbent in his first race for Congress in 1920, although he lost the general election to a Republican. Stubborn to a...
