by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley District Council Members Should Be Elected By Their District. . . Not Citywide! In his blog, “Comments from the Councilman,” City Councilman Andrew Roberto opposes the legislation sponsored by state Senator Richard Briggs that would eliminate district...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Team play leads Lady Irish to gold By Steve Williams A “team philosophy” won out in the end said Knoxville Catholic Head Coach Travis Mains after the Lady Irish captured the school’s first-ever girls basketball state title. Ensworth’s Jaloni Cambridge, the No. 1...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Watkins Overton had been the longest-serving mayor of Memphis when he had been called back to office in 1949. Overton was easily reelected to a four-year term in 1951. Once again, Overton was thwarted by the personal pique of Edward Hull Crump. A...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Winners honored in festive Neighborhood Awards Dinner By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The recent 2023 Neighborhood Awards Dinner was a festive and well attended celebration of community leaders. Presented by the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment,...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fulton wins ‘ugly’ to claim state berth By Steve Williams Fulton took surviving and advancing to an extreme in last week’s Class 3A sectional round. The Falcons had what seemed to be a comfortable 17-point lead late in the third quarter but had to battle in the final...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | The Daily Focus
UScellular Announces Three Winners of Eighth Annual Black History Month Art Contest UScellular announced the three winners of its eighth annual Black History Month Art Contest with Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley at a celebration at the club that...
