by Ray Hill | Aug 2, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Both of Tennessee’s seats in the United States Senate were up for election in 1964, just as they had been thirty years earlier in 1934. Thirty years later, Tennesseans would go to the polls to elect two U. S. senators yet again in 1994. Senator Estes...
by Tom Mattingly | Aug 2, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly Does anybody in the reading audience remember the first time they went to a game at Shields-Watkins Field or, after the 1962 Alabama game, Neyland Stadium? For me, the day was Oct. 5, 1957, when the Vols squared off against Mississippi State. Kickoff...
by design | Aug 2, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Six years ago, Nick Craney was a budding defensive coach on Bryson Rosser’s first Central team and former McMinn County High quarterback Nathan Simbeck was assisting the Bobcats as a volunteer coach while finishing his undergraduate studies at UT....
by design | Aug 2, 2020 | The Daily Focus
“ETHS staff and board are very pleased to announce that the Museum of East Tennessee History is officially re-opened as of Saturday, August 1, 2020, which makes the East Tennessee History Center fully re-opened to the public,” said Executive Director Cherel...
by design | Aug 1, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Friday signed Executive Order No. 55, allowing the resumption of contact sports and extending local authority to require masks, among other provisions. “Athletics is an important part of our way of life and provides many benefits for...
by design | Jul 31, 2020 | The Daily Focus
18,000+ Teachers Already Participated; Now Available Through Labor Day The Tennessee Department of Education and Trevecca Nazarene University announced today that the deadline for the free teacher training on digital learning and teaching has been extended for...