by design | Feb 2, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams When Jeff McMillan played football for Carter High School in the mid-1970s, the “Green Hornets” were beginning a 10-year period when they were known more for their defense than anything else. Almost 40 years later, McMillan, who has...
by Ray Hill | Feb 2, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill By 1946 Estes Kefauver had been in Congress for seven years and was contemplating a race against Tennessee’s most powerful political figure, United States Senator Kenneth D. McKellar. Although little known outside his own Congressional district, Kefauver...
by design | Feb 2, 2014 | Archives
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com Braving the iced roads and snarled traffic from Atlanta, the President of the American Meteorological Society travelled to Knoxville Thursday to speak with members of the local chapter of the American Meteorological Society Smoky...
by design | Feb 2, 2014 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The recent snow hampered practice plans for Hardin Valley Academy’s girls basketball team — and the lack of gym time was evident early in Friday night’s game against West High School. The Lady Hawks would eventually celebrate Senior Night with a 75-59...
by design | Jan 27, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
This morning, SunTrust Bank presented Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett with a $446,343 E-commerce card rebate check. Knox County earned the nearly half-million-dollar rebate from the use of its E-commerce cards during the 2013 calendar year. This amount surpassed 2012’s...
by design | Jan 27, 2014 | Knoxville, music, The Daily Focus
The fourth Waynestock: For the Love of Drew festival brings together Knoxville music community for a three-night on January 30, 31 and February 1, at Relix Variety Theatre in Knoxville’s Happy Holler neighborhood. Admission to Waynestock is $5 per night...
