by Steve Hunley | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Earl Hoffmeister passed away last week at 90. Many readers likely knew Earl Hoffmeister personally, as did I. I was one of those who was actually taught by Hoffmeister. Quite a few years ago, I was a student in Earl Hoffmeister’s mechanical...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There is one less undiscovered Civil War site in Knoxville. A Third Creek cannon embankment, known as a “Redan,” was discovered about 10 years ago by Dr. Charles Faulkner as he and his wife walked along the greenway there and the...
by Ray Hill | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill As President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull prepared to approach Congress to revise the Neutrality Act, the opposition in Congress was formidable. Of course the Roosevelt administration was aided by some equally imposing...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The timeline of events as told by the late Woodrow Luttrell is packed full of history. Words that were meant to communicate with his family’s younger generations are being shared with Focus readers, giving a rare glimpse of life during the early 1900s. Woodrow...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Ninety minutes before tipoff the gym at Hampton was already loaded. That was the setting Grace Christian Academy’s basketball team would have to deal with in last week’s Class A sectional round in upper East Tennessee. “It was very exciting for the...
by design | Mar 12, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host the Greenways and Trails Forum at Montgomery Bell State Park on May 3-5. This bi-annual event is a three-day educational workshop and networking conference for parks and recreation...
