by Steve Hunley | Sep 7, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley New County Commission Chair Congratulations to Larsen Jay, the newly elected Chairman of the Knox County Commission! It was a victory for the new over the old, with Jay winning the chairmanship over veteran commissioner Randy Smith. While Smith had...
by design | Sep 7, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County’s rural commissioners and the two new Democrats on the body came together Tuesday during the reorganization special session to elect Commissioner Larsen Jay as the new chairman. Lots of behind the scenes...
by Ray Hill | Sep 7, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill 1964 was a presidential election year and Lyndon Johnson was running hard to win a term in his own right against Arizona senator Barry Goldwater. Tennessee was slowly, but surely, becoming a two-party state. The Republican nominee for president had...
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By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Academy’s Mitchell McCown was a surprise winner in the Knoxville Livestock Center Fall Classic Saturday. Competing in the High School Varsity A Division, McCown covered the 5,000-meter course in Mascot in 16 minutes, 51.03...
by design | Sep 7, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams What a difference a week makes. After being shut out and stunned by Grace Christian, South-Doyle responded with a 37-17 Region 2-5A win over Gibbs Friday night in Corryton. The Cherokees’ offense was clicking from start to finish, while the Eagles...
by design | Sep 7, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The City’s $7.4 million 2020 Resurfacing Project is almost wrapped up for the year, repaving 37.5 miles of streets as well as about 50 speed humps for Neighborhood Traffic Safety traffic-calming projects in six neighborhoods. Did you know that the City each...