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Taking the Dayton Loop

by Mike Steely | Apr 19, 2020 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely We have been asked to keep our distance, wear our masks, and basically stay at home for safety these days. But there are some places we can drive to without encountering other people or endangering ourselves or others. A family day outing to nearby...

Tennessee Governors & the Path to the US Senate, XI

by Ray Hill | Apr 19, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Malcolm Rice Patterson, the “gamecock” of Tennessee politics, had left the governor’s mansion in 1911 as a hugely controversial figure and bitterly hated by many inside his own party. To make matters worse, a combine of “fusionists,” Democrats opposed to...

Catholic taps Travis Mains to be next girls basketball coach

by design | Apr 19, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay Knoxville Catholic High School has a new basketball coach. The school announced on Tuesday that it has hired Travis Mains and he’s eager to get to work with the Lady Irish. “I thought this was an excellent opportunity,” said Mains, who previously coached at...

Josh Maine named to ACHA Academic All-American Team

by design | Apr 19, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

  By Ken Lay A former Knoxville Amateur Hockey Association High School League star has taken his game to the college level and he’s having success both on the ice and in the classroom. University of Tennessee Ice Vols hockey club player Josh Maine was recently...

Statement from Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Administrator Jovita Carranza on the Success of the Paycheck Protection Program

by design | Apr 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus

Friday, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement regarding the success of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP):   “The Treasury Department and SBA launched the...

Local Music School Launches Free Online Classes For Its Students

by design | Apr 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus

About a month ago, the Knoxville Academy of Music took all of its students online for private lessons. But the school wanted to offer more to its students so it launched an online music program with free classes/lessons for its students called “Cabin Fever...
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