by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bearden High’s boys basketball team had a 10-1 record when it found out athletics would be shut down by the Knox County School system the week before winter break. The layoff, which included games and practice, prevented the Bulldogs from making a...
by Ray Hill | Dec 20, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Terry Sanford, an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, had set out for a routine visit to his dentist’s office on the morning of March 8, 1930. Within a few hours, Justice Sanford was dead. President Herbert Hoover nominated Fourth Circuit...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The Focus / Coaches’ 2020 All-Knox County first-team defense carries a lot of clout. Player of the Year Kalib Fortner heads it up from his outside linebacker position. Farragut Coach Eddie Courtney said he did not see all of the Knox County teams in...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The setting for twin brothers Kalib and Liam Fortner’s college football signing was just right. With a tank right behind them, the two Central High standouts signed their national letter of intent Thursday to continue their academic and...
by design | Dec 20, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Remarks Will Be Made at 7pm CT Sunday, Dec. 20 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee will deliver a statewide address to Tennesseans regarding the COVID-19 surge on Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. Gov. Lee’s remarks will be broadcast on Facebook and YouTube....
by design | Dec 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Opera releases holiday concert video recorded at Jtv’s Matthew Theatre Knoxville Opera is happy to announce that it has produced a new holiday concert and has made it available for free on their website and YouTube channel. The concert features local...