by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The Gibbs Elementary School gymnasium has a new name. It was dedicated and named in honor of the late Larry Graham, a longtime teacher and coach who taught physical education and match in the Knox County School system for four decades. Graham spent 27 years...
by Ray Hill | Oct 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It was hardly surprising Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. had been elected to Congress from Tennessee’s “Hermitage District”, site of General Andrew Jackson’s plantation home. The district had been represented for twenty-eight years by Joseph W. Byrns, father of the...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Central’s highly regarded football team had a tough time holding on to the football in the rainy conditions at Billy K. Nicely Stadium in South Knoxville Friday night. But the Bobcats had an even tougher time getting a hold of Elijah Young. The...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman The undefeated Powell Panthers entered last Thursday night’s game against Oak Ridge knowing that with a win, they’d capture a region championship. It wasn’t easy and took 20 unanswered points against a game Oak Ridge squad to do it, but the Panthers...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be hosting its fall Trash Run on Monday, November 18, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will kick off at SoKno Taco Cantina, 3701 Sevierville Pike. The Trash Run is a non-competitive fun run and litter pickup for...
by design | Oct 26, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Who: The Tennessee Stage Company What: Mary Chase’s classic comedy, Harvey A Thirtieth Anniversary Production Where: Broadway Academy of Performing Arts 706 N. Broadway When: Nov. 8 – 24, 2019 8:00 p.m. Friday...