by Steve Hunley | May 4, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Tomorrow the people of Knox County will cast their ballots for virtually every office in local government. The decisions made by the voters will affect us for years to come; judges and the attorney general have eight-year terms. Yet perhaps the most...
by design | May 4, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Gibbs High School’s 7-1 softball victory over Clinton Friday night ended with an asterisk, footnote and fireworks. Just the latest special game for the softball powerhouse and its coach. The asterisk: First post-season tournament game in Class AAA....
by design | May 4, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com This week we take a second look at downtown Knoxville, everyone’s central core in Knox County. It’s part of our continuing series about “Our Neighborhoods” and downtown is worth a second look. For those of us not living downtown...
by design | May 4, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay SEYMOUR—Patrick Doyle couldn’t be prouder of his Seymour High School girls lacrosse team. “Seymour players have become very attractive to coaches in this region,” Doyle said after six of his athletes signed National Letters of Intent to continue...
by design | May 2, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Knox County Parks and Recreation will open its splash pads for the 2014 season on Saturday, May 3. Splash pads are automated water playgrounds for kids of all ages. Knox County’s splash pads are located at three parks: Carl Cowan Park, New Harvest Park and...
by design | May 1, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Clean Water Network will be speaking against a proposed discharge permit for a coal strip-mining operation in Claiborne County at a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation public meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the TDEC’s Knoxville...