by design | Feb 15, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely South Knoxville has some beautiful historic homes and buildings and neighborhoods that are proud of their area and the history there. As you cross the Henley Street Bridge and drive down Chapman Highway into South Knoxville, you might not realize...
by design | Feb 11, 2015 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Lauren Hopson, the founder of Students, Parents and Educators Across Knox County (SPEAK) and a teacher advocate who has been outspoken concerning Superintendent James McIntyre and school policies, has been elected by fellow Knox County...
by design | Feb 9, 2015 | Archives
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com “Professional and genuine.” I continue to write those words repeatedly when describing Knoxville’s own Jacob Whitesides. Three years ago, I drove out to Nashville to cover the young man at the very beginning of his career. After...
by design | Feb 9, 2015 | Archives, Uncategorized
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The Social Security Administration has announced a 1.7 percent increase in benefits for 2015. This is to adjust for an increase in the annual cost of living. Nearly 64 million Social Security beneficiaries should have received...
by design | Feb 8, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Sidewalks, Apartments and a Speedy Agenda By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The next Knoxville mayor will get a $12,500 pay raise, the Rogers Group, Inc. will get a contract of more than $7,467,712 for street paving, and the city’s Wayfinding Project will...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 8, 2015 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Senator Lamar Alexander has held just about every place of distinction a person could be honored with in a lifetime; at one time or another he has been governor of Tennessee; Secretary of Education during the administration of President Ronald Reagan,...
