by design | Jan 2, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was in Congress, one of the parts of the job that I enjoyed the most was visiting with the thousands of my constituents who came to see me while on visits to Washington. Many times, usually at least once or twice a...
by design | Jan 2, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly The Vols started the 1974 season 2-3-1. “The 2-3-1 record,” wrote the Knoxville Journal’s Russ Bebb, “brought gloom so thick you could cut it with a knife.” Losses came at Auburn (21-0), at LSU (20-10), and at home against Alabama (28-6). Tennessee...
by design | Jan 2, 2022 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely I’m old enough and have been reporting long enough to have interviewed Colonel Harland Sanders and lived, as a child, close enough to his original Sander’s Cafe to know his story. Schooled in Kentucky for 10 years, how could I not know about Col....
by design | Jan 2, 2022 | The Daily Focus
By Nadia Ramlagan Tennessee News Service Last year, approximately one in three children in state custody remained in foster care for more than a year, according to a new report by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. The report also found widespread...
by design | Jan 1, 2022 | The Daily Focus
From Jan. 2 to Jan. 31, Knox County residents can bring their unwanted, live Christmas trees to participating Knox County Convenience Centers for free disposal at no cost. Knox County operates the following convenience centers: Carter (8815 Asheville Highway)...
by design | Dec 31, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Date and Time: December 31, 2021, 9:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Location: World’s Fair Park, Festival Lawn Bring in 2022 with your friends and family at World’s Fair Park with food trucks, free activities, DJ Music at 9 and live music by Mike Snodgrass Band at...
