by design | Nov 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com If you’ve traveled Chapman Highway from downtown recently you can’t help but notice the huge apartment complex going up on the hill behind the historic Kern’s Bakery building. The apartment complex, Flagship Kerns, is...
by design | Nov 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Older college football fans will appreciate what George Yardley is doing. And that is bringing back the popular “Leonard’s Losers” prediction show that thousands would listen to every Saturday on the radio and often on their way to a game. Yardley, a...
by Ray Hill | Nov 22, 2020 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Sergeant Alvin York was already quite famous when Warner Brother’s studio released a movie based on his life in 1941. The film would go on to become the highest grossing movie of the year, making York even more famous. Sergeant York topped Clark Gable...
by design | Nov 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mark Nagi One of the goals for each and every high school football team is to practice on Thanksgiving. The South-Doyle Cherokees have earned that right. Shawn Gary scored three touchdowns, leading the Cherokees to a 21-14 win over the two-time defending state...
by design | Nov 22, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com In what may be the shortest meeting in recent history the Knox County Commission altered its public forum rules last week. In past months the commission meetings have been contentious with anti-mask protesters...
by design | Nov 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Keep Knoxville Beautiful is now accepting nominations from the public for its beautification awards, the Orchids. Since 1979, Keep Knoxville Beautiful has presented Orchid Awards to Knoxville and Knox County buildings and outdoor spaces that beautify and elevate the...
