by Ray Hill | Aug 30, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Once a reliably Democratic state, Tennessee was a battleground state in the 1964 election. Congressman Joe L. Evins of Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional District was designated President Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign manager for the Volunteer State. At the...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Justin Pressley has notched his first win as Carter High’s head football coach. Pressley’s Hornets did it on the road too, winning at Campbell County 24-13 Friday night in a non-region game. In his comments on Saturday to The Focus, Pressley...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Gibbs’ multi-pronged rushing attack made the difference By Bill Howard Two sets of Region 2-5A high-school football Eagles coming off season-opening losses — Gibbs and Seymour — squared off Friday night at Ernest Whited Stadium. Behind a fierce ground game—322 yards...
by design | Aug 30, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Bidding Begins Monday, August 31 Enhance your home garden with a beautiful dogwood blossom art piece from the UT Gardens. The UT Gardens, Knoxville, will hold an on-line auction of approximately 40 dogwood sculptures created by local artists as part of the 2020 Art...
by design | Aug 29, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Five Samuel Frazier Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution members along with the Knox County Council of Regents, and DAR members from all five Knoxville area chapters, gathered at historic Old Gray Cemetery on the morning of August 22, to lay a wreath at the...
by design | Aug 28, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee today signed Executive Order No. 59 to extend certain, targeted provisions of Executive Order Nos. 36, 38, 49, 50, 54, and 55 through September 30, 2020 to facilitate the continued treatment and containment of COVID-19 through regulatory...