by design | Dec 28, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Historic Moses School Building announced as site for Emerald Academy By Focus Staff Knox County’s first public charter school has found a home. Emerald Charter Schools recently purchased the Historic Moses School Building building in Mechanicsville from Boys &...
by design | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Ever wondered how the oil was distributed in the days before those huge tanker trucks? Ever see an Oil Wagon? Horsepower for the oil wagons was just that, horse power. There are very few of these old oil wagons left but there’s one...
by Ray Hill | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Senator Kenneth D. McKellar once claimed that outside of the three men who served as President of the United States, Robert Love Taylor was “the best-known man to the Republic at large that Tennessee has ever produced”. It well may have been true. Robert...
by design | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives
Ground was officially broken for a gymnasium expansion at the corner of West Sunrise and West Oldham for Dayspring Christian Academy on Thursday, December 18. Administrator Rob Burress said, “We thank the Lord for those who have partnered with us in prayer and...
by design | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Coach Dave Moore noticed high school athletes were not getting equal attention and that led to the start of the Careacter Star Athlete program. “The players that got the most attention were the players that were playing, the star players,” recalled...
by design | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay Broadcasting is a labor of love for Chuck Sebastian and he’s had a long career behind the microphone. He’s a longtime veteran of radio and he’s seen the business change and now, he’s looking to take advantage of advances in technology. “I started in radio...
