by design | May 10, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Council approves COVID-19 additional funding By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council approved Mayor Indya Kincannon’s request for additional funding from the current budget to compensate several organizations and provide a bonus...
by Steve Hunley | May 10, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Lest you think otherwise, this column is aptly named for there are all kinds of odd things going on in our community and you ought to know about them! Here we go for this week: Public Banned By Public School System Mike McMillan, East...
by design | May 10, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Trey Foster was a versatile performer at Austin-East High and is probably best known for combining for 4,149 yards and 45 touchdowns passing and rushing during the 2019 football season. The All-State quarterback also played basketball and was on the...
by Ray Hill | May 10, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Thomas Clarke Rye was twice governor of Tennessee. From rural West Tennessee, Tom C. Rye had little formal education, a fact he readily admitted. “Subscription schools were the only ones we had then, so I didn’t go very regularly and stopped altogether...
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By Steve Williams Student-Athletes of the Year Ashton Blair and Tyler Bost were a big part of unprecedented accomplishments for Central High before the COVID-19 coronavirus impact during the second semester resulted in an unprecedented school year. Blair, a 6-3...
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By Ken Lay Joe Maddon is normally busy managing Major League Baseball this time of year and his schedule would probably be a bit more demanding in 2020, considering that he has a new job. But he hasn’t managed the Los Angeles Angels since March and has yet to skipper...
