by design | Jul 16, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Rogero greeted students from the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication. They are spending two weeks at the University of Tennessee this summer. During the meeting Mayor Rogero announced that she is planning on visiting China later this...
by design | Jul 15, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett has asked the Knox County Commission to proclaim Knox County a “Purple Heart County” at the board’s July meeting. If approved, Knox would be the first county in Tennessee to be designated a “Purple Heart County.” “This nation was built...
by design | Jul 14, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view the full Focus for this week. Antiques Roadshow visits Knoxville By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com Billed as part adventure, part history lesson, part treasure hunt, PBS’s primetime series Antiques Roadshow visited Knoxville this past weekend as...
by design | Jul 14, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll posed the question, “Do you support or oppose prayer before public meetings or events?” Quite nearly 87% of respondents said they support prayer at public meetings and events. Only just over 13% said they opposed prayer...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 14, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley There are times when silence is not golden and this is one of them. For those people who still read the Knoxville News-Sentinel, you may have noticed the same story about polling and State Senator Stacey Campfield being repeated over and over again....
by Ray Hill | Jul 14, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The administration of Governor Prentice Cooper, unlike that of his predecessor Gordon Browning, had been relatively quiet. Cooper and Browning were as different in temperament as they were in appearance. Gordon Browning was a big, bluff man with a shock of...
