by design | Apr 8, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Schedule of Events: From 4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.: Candidates are present at their booth or have a staffed table — meet and greet. From 5:15p.m.-5:30p.m.: We will have audience take their seats, explain the program format and say the pledge of allegiance....
by design | Apr 7, 2014 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
Ok, I am going to show you how you can save a ton of money. In June we have the CMAfest in Nashville. Right now the price for a close hotel to the events is around $400-$500 a night within a two mile radius of LP Field. Ouch! If you still want to go, I advise to...
by design | Apr 6, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Rountree shines at School Board Candidates Forum By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Candidates for the Knox County Board of Education met last week in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters....
by design | Apr 6, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Focus poll posed the question, “Do you support or oppose the Common Core curriculum for public schools?” Better than 60% of Knox Countians say they oppose the Common Core curriculum. The district with the most support for Common Core was the...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 6, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley If anyone doubted that the school system and the appointed superintendent plays politics, two recent press releases should be enough to remove the rose colored glasses of his few supporters. The school system recently sent out press releases for...
by Ray Hill | Apr 6, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Estes Kefauver had been in the United States Senate for twelve years in 1960. He had quickly risen to national prominence, making two serious bids for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956. Kefauver had crushed a determined opposition...
