by design | Apr 25, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Visit Knoxville is pleased to announce a World’s Fair 40th Anniversary Kick-Off Celebration to take place on May 21, 2022, from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. at World’s Fair Park. This event is free to the public and follows the reopening of the Sunsphere’s 4th Floor Observation...
by design | Apr 24, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Former Sheriff’s Narcotics Chief’s Federal Trial Reset By Focus Staff The trial of David Henderson, former assistant chief of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit, has been reset. That information comes from the office of Jill McCook, U. S. Magistrate...
by design | Apr 24, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Out of Touch Local Democrat One Democrat candidate for County Mayor, Debbie Helsley, has announced what everybody locally has been waiting for: her solution to climate change. A press release heralding Helsley’s “Bold Climate Agenda for Knox...
by design | Apr 24, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Halls High softball honored three team members on Senior Night and for one of them, it was extra special. Alicia Reeves, who had a medical condition her freshman season followed by spinal surgery her sophomore year, took the field for the first time...
by design | Apr 24, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Democrats in Tennessee had routinely won elections with but few exceptions since 1900; only three times had Republicans managed to win the governorship. No Republican had ever been popularly elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee. Following an...
by design | Apr 24, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay It seemed only fitting that a freshman goalkeeper would take center stage in a penalty kick shootout for the South-Doyle High School boys soccer team as the sun was setting Thursday night. Jonah Mitchell, who made point-blank saves throughout a 1-1 draw for...