by design | Jul 13, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams They didn’t move in the fences at the Karns Little League baseball field this season. It just seems that way. Coach Shane Parks’ 12-year-old All-Star team belted seven home runs en route to a 23-1 win over McMinn County in the District 6 championship...
by design | Jul 13, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Like most youngsters, Josh Sobota has dreams and goals. He hopes his come true in the Olympics someday. That’s a long way off, but the 14-year-old, who will be a freshman at Bearden High School this fall, is headed in that direction as a top Junior...
by design | Jul 7, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Last week, a bus load of weary but victorious Knox County Technology Student Association (TSA) students and teachers arrived at West Town Mall around midnight. SPEAK (Students, Parents, Educators Across Knox County) teachers Christina Graham (Kindergarten, Copper...
by design | Jul 7, 2014 | Public Notice
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated December 23, 1998, executed by JACQUELINE N. PELLICER, conveying certain real property therein described to ARNOLD M. WEISS, as Trustee, as same appears of...
by design | Jul 6, 2014 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Race to the top Part 3: Teacher Evaluations By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Some say it is just bringing transparency and accountability to the teaching profession. Others have called it a war on teachers. One thing is...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 6, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education last week dealt Superintendent Jim McIntyre his first solid rebuff when it refused to approve his firing of a Knox County high school teacher. An impartial mediator in the case did not find the allegations worthy of...
