by design | Oct 14, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
From the office of Senator Bob Corker: In an interview Monday about ongoing budget and debt discussions on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” Senator Corker said Democrat efforts to increase spending levels beyond the budget caps put in...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Gene Blaylock, a longtime firefighter who joined Rural/Metro Fire Department when it began its Knox County operations in 1977, has been named Knox County Fire Chief. Blaylock started his career as a firefighter at Station 26 on Strawberry Plains Pike and rose to the...
by design | Oct 13, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Click here to view this week’s Focus. A father takes a stand By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com Just over three years ago, Kirk Smalley was a construction worker living in Perkins, Oklahoma. His wife, Laura, worked in the cafeteria at a local school. Things...
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Summer is generally the season when most students enjoy time off from school activities, but it wasn’t the case for many Seymour High School choral students. This past summer, Matt Gainey, Lydia Ogle, and Hannah Williams auditioned for and were accepted into the...
by Ray Hill | Oct 13, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are quite a few things named for Horace Maynard in our community, not the least of which is Maynardville. Yet, few people seem to recall Horace Maynard, who was one of the masters of Tennessee’s rough and tumble politics before and after the Civil...
