by design | May 3, 2017 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Two early Knox County settlers will be memorialized with monuments Saturday at Mars Hill Cemetery, the site of the old Cavett Station and Blockhouse. Moses Cavett, who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain in the Revolutionary War, and Agnes Cavett,...
by design | May 2, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Duncan Award for Senior Advocacy, named in memory of John J. Duncan, Sr., pays tribute to people in our community who uphold the same kind of steadfast support and advocacy of seniors and programs that serve older adults as were exhibited by the late congressman....
by design | May 1, 2017 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Teresa A. Doane executed a Deed of Trust to Union Planters Bank, NA, Lender and Emmett James House or Bill R. McLaughlin, Trustee(s), which was dated October 13, 2004 and recorded on October 26, 2004...
by design | May 1, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Pigeon Forge salutes grand marshal Dolly Parton PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (April 2017) – What started as a parade to honor Pigeon Forge entertainment legend and businesswoman Dolly Parton has turned into an annual event that kicks off the tourism season in the...
by design | Apr 30, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Communities work together in Sevier fire recovery By Ken Lay PIGEON FORGE — Sevier County was devastated by Gatlinburg wildfires in November, 2016 but Gatlinburg and the surrounding communities couldn’t be kept down long. The long recovery has begun and on...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 30, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education is currently under fire from Justice Knox who recently gathered in a Knoxville Church in what some referred to as a “discussion.” If it was indeed a discussion, it was entirely one-sided. Certainly opposing opinions...