by Ray Hill | Jul 5, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Long forgotten by most, the late Congressman Robert Ashton “Fats” Everett was one of the more colorful from the political pages of Tennessee’s history. Everett was by any measure a political professional well before he ever was elected to Congress....
by design | Jul 5, 2015 | Archives
By Steve Williams Butch Jones may be Joshua Dobbs’ head football coach, but Fountain City native David Fisher was his mentor this past May. The University of Tennessee quarterback and aerospace engineering major spent the month as an intern with Pratt &...
by design | Jul 5, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay Brent Watts said that he’d have a new favorite college football team when the 2015-16 season tips off in November. “I have a new favorite college basketball team and it’s King University,” Watts said after his Campus Lights team routed Tillman...
by design | Jul 5, 2015 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The Knox County Board of Education’s Evaluation Committee met Thursday to begin tweaking the language of a 14-page document that will probably be used in evaluating Superintendent James McIntyre and future superintendents. The two part...
by design | Jun 29, 2015 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on July 27, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to...
by design | Jun 28, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Commission refuses to ‘cure’ Broad contract By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com By a 9-1 vote the Knox County Commission refused to “cure” Knox County School Superintendent James McIntyre’s unapproved acceptance of a $29,700 grant from The Broad Center for Management...
