by design | Jan 23, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Eighth Annual Black History Month Art Contest kicked off In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UScellular and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region have kicked off the eighth annual Black History Month Art...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Public Notice
court notices Order for Publication IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE QB REALTY TEAM, LLC, Plaintiff(s), v. THE HEIRS AND CREDITORS OF ROBERT DILLS, RONALD DILLS, MICHAEL DILLS, JOTHAM DILLS, OSCAR DILLS, SCOTTY DILLS, PATSY MAY,...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Commission to consider new interstate bypass By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Twenty-two years ago a new bypass was proposed by the state for Knoxville. The “Orange Route” was to link Interstate 40/75 with northbound I-75 but was abandoned after some...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
From farmland to historic homes: Old North Knoxville By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Back in 1889, the growing streetcar suburb of North Knoxville had developed as its own community complete with paved streets, a fire station and city hall, a school...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jesse Wolcott of Michigan By Ray Hill Short, chunky, and bespectacled, Jesse Wolcott looked more like a small town lawyer or accountant than the ideal of a congressman. Yet the framers of the Constitution meant for the House of Representatives to be the people’s House...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley State Legislature To Consider County Primary Election Change The Tennessee General Assembly has begun its new session and legislators are busy dropping bills, organizing committees and getting underway. One of the more interesting proposals is...