by design | Mar 31, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Corryton Senior Center Welcomes Mayor Glenn Jacobs By Amy Box Fellhoelter Upon entering the 13-year-old Corryton Senior Center, you not only step onto their walking track, but also into a place of warm, welcoming smiles from staff and community members. This was...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennesseans should support the governor, ESAs By Steve Hunley Tennesseans ought to stand up and support Bill Lee and the governor’s Education Savings Account legislation. Legislators are being bombarded by special interests opposed to parents and students having a...
by design | Mar 31, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
In this week’s Getting to Know feature, The Knoxville Focus chatted with someone who positively impacts other people, people he may never meet, and what he does comes as a welcomed surprise and sometimes brings tears of gratitude. Larsen Jay is a husband, father, Knox...
by Ray Hill | Mar 31, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, John Knight Shields, was a candidate for a third term in 1924. Shields faced two formidable opponents inside the Democratic primary: General Lawrence D. Tyson of Knoxville and former state Supreme Court Justice...
by design | Mar 31, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Bearden High School boys soccer coach Ryan Radcliffe makes it no secret that his team must get off to a fast start. The Bulldogs got the message Tuesday night. “We got off to a fast start and I’ve preached about that all season,” Radcliffe said after...
by design | Mar 31, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Lady Red Devils remain unbeaten in softball By Steve Williams There’s no question who the Star of the Game was in Round 1 of this season’s Halls vs. Powell high school softball rivalry. Halls senior pitcher Bri Blair took matters into her own hands, tossing a shutout...
