by design | Feb 9, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Governor Bill Haslam unveiled his “Tennessee Promise” plan in his State of the State address. Evidently, the governor had not previously shared his plan with the members of the General Assembly, as one could hear an...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. New Middle Schools Requested From School Board By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Middle school students in the Gibbs area are still bused to a school outside their area and the community is pleading for them to have their...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
Click here to view full results. By Focus Staff By an overwhelming majority, Knox Countians approve Governor Bill Haslam’s proposed “Tennessee Promise.” The latest Knoxville Focus poll posed the question, “Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Bill Haslam’s...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com In the early days prior to Tennessee statehood, Emory Road ran east and west and Andersonville Road ran north and south. Where both intersected just north of Knoxville a thriving community was to develop. Emory Road was built in...
by Ray Hill | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Congressman Estes Kefauver had seriously contemplated challenging Senator Kenneth D. McKellar in 1946. After exploring the possibility of running against McKellar, Kefauver decided the seventy-seven year old incumbent was still too strong to beat. ...
by design | Feb 9, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Football and soccer players made up a large majority of the student-athletes who inked letters of intent on National Signing Day (Feb. 5) at high schools in The Knoxville Focus’ coverage area last week. Of the 70 signees that were reported by...
