by design | Feb 16, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. The Homeless Question By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Currently in our city there are numerous agencies, churches, and organizations wrestling with the needs of the homeless. Two meetings held last Tuesday addressed...
by design | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll, asked the question: “In January, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam began the fourth and final year of his first term in office. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Haslam is handling his job as governor?” Almost...
by design | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com “While running for student council, everyone kept asking why I was running,” 5th grade student Jordan Bishop told The Focus. “I decided that I wanted to help all of my 5th Grade Safety Patrol Class to have the opportunity to go on...
by Ray Hill | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
Estes Kefauver had quite nearly managed the impossible by getting himself elected to the United States Senate in 1948. Kefauver took advantage of E. H. Crump’s mistake in refusing to back Senator Tom Stewart for reelection. The state of the national Democratic Party...
by design | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay Powell High School senior soccer player Deidre Gilley will continue her athletic career. She made that official recently when she signed to play collegiate soccer at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina. Gilley, a two-year captain for the Lady Panthers,...
by design | Feb 16, 2014 | Archives
As part of our continuing series focusing on “Our Neighborhoods” we begin looking at South Knoxville. That portion of the Knox County communities will include several upcoming issues as we move to highlight the important part of our county. In future weeks The Focus...
