by design | Dec 15, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
(Click here to view the full poll results.) By Focus Staff Almost two thirds of Knox County voters don’t believe the Board of Education should have extended Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract. Likely voters were asked, “Do you approve or disapprove of the Knox...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 15, 2013 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley I think the thing I like least in any human being is hypocrisy. I don’t doubt for a moment my attitude is uncommon. It seems to me most people really dislike hypocrisy, especially in our public officials. It is increasingly apparent that there is a...
by design | Dec 15, 2013 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com By an 8-1 vote, the Knox County School Board voted last Monday to extend Superintendent James McIntyre’s contract for another year, despite objections from some teachers and parents. Forty-five speakers addressed the packed house;...
by design | Dec 15, 2013 | Archives
By Steve Williams To lay claim to being Knoxville’s best high school football team since the playoff era began in 1969, Fulton would have to go undefeated. “I think so,” said Rob Black, Falcons’ head coach, after his team wrapped up a practice session in UT’s indoor...
by design | Dec 14, 2013 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will offer a free stroller tour celebrating winter and the holidays on Monday, Dec. 16. Parents and caregivers with toddlers or babies are invited to meet in the...
by design | Dec 13, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Event features traditional holiday carolers, decorations, fare and period dress Each year, the historic settlement of Rugby comes alive with Christmas spirit and celebrates the holidays as if it were still 1880, the year the town was settled. The living village...
