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Will Your Neighborhood Be Next?

by Steve Hunley | Sep 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Folks in the Parkridge community are upset their community isn’t being treated fairly. What Parkridge residents are angry about is the use of land right next to Caswell Park as the site for a three-story apartment complex for the homeless. The City of...

Many questions remain about relocating the school offices

by design | Sep 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Why are the county mayor and some members of commission rushing the approval of a lease of the TVA East Tower for the Knox County School system? What’s the actual value of the Andrew Johnson Building, where the school system is...

Tennessee’s Hermitage District, I

by Ray Hill | Sep 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Joseph Wellington Byrns was almost surely the most popular political figure inside Tennessee’s “Hermitage District.”  That was the Congressional district in Tennessee which encompassed Nashville and the “Hermitage”, home of General Andrew Jackson.  For...

Rick Barnes Emerald Youth Golf Classic Helps Inner City Youth

by design | Sep 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By David Klein Monday, September 23 at Holston Hills Country Club, the Rick Barnes Emerald Youth Golf Classic was held to raise money for the Emerald Youth Foundation. Tennessee Basketball Head Coach Rick Barnes donated a $50,000 check to the foundation, and 120...

Unbeaten Powell impressive in 49-0 win over Red Devils

by design | Sep 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams There’s 5-0 and there’s 5-0. Records can be deceiving. Powell High’s football team proved that Friday night, turning in an impressive performance in a 49-0 win over rival Halls in the Battle of Emory Road. An estimated crowd of over 7,000 turned out...

Legends For Youth Baseball Clinic Series coming to Pigeon Forge

by design | Sep 29, 2019 | The Daily Focus

Free youth baseball clinic to feature seven MLB Alumni   Local youth will have an opportunity to play with their big league heroes at the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) Legends for Youth baseball clinic series on Tuesday, October 1st,...
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