by design | Jul 23, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knox County high school students who took the 2017-18 TNReady end-of-course exams continued to perform better than the state in all four subject areas and on each end-of-course (EOC) exam. Students’ scores on the EOC exam fall into one of four performance categories:...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Ed and Bob’s Night Out a hoot By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas go back a few years together. Both were disk jockeys before they teamed up for the popular Ed and Bob Talk Show on the radio. The two are finishing their terms at At-Large...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 22, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley It seems with every passing day, as well as every news cycle, the leftists in this country are consumed by a new wave of mass hysteria. The end of the world was nigh when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court;...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Republican Glenn Jacobs and Democrat Linda Haney agreed on several things during the League of Women Voters candidate forum at Pellissippi State College Friday night. But the forum at the Magnolia Avenue campus also heard...
by Ray Hill | Jul 22, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Buford Ellington had barely taken the oath of office when speculation became rife as to who the next governor of Tennessee might be; Ellington had faced no Republican on the ballot in 1966, but Howard Baker had become the first member of the GOP to be popularly...
by design | Jul 22, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Farragut High School’s boys lacrosse team got a unique opportunity Thursday night when it hosted Germany’s Under-19 National Team at Farragut Middle School. While things didn’t go well for the Admirals, at least on the scoreboard, the mood was upbeat...