by design | Nov 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Amy Box Fellhoelter The hustle and bustle of Market Square on Nov. 9th was full of Christmas shoppers, football fans, and farmer’s market patrons, but among the downtown crowds was a room full of Girls Scouts hoping to make someone else’s holiday season a little...
by Ray Hill | Nov 17, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Congressman Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. had first been elected in 1938 and as befitting Tennessee’s “Hermitage District,” so-called because it contained the home of General Andrew Jackson, was solidly Democratic. Byrns was being challenged for the Democratic...
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By Ken Lay Six aspiring teachers received scholarships last week at the annual Knox County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Foundation Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. The event was held at the Foundry at The World’s Fair Site Thursday. Each of the recipients...
by design | Nov 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Central High’s football team again appears to be built for a post-season playoff run. The defending Class 5A state champions lost their last two regular season games and sputtered for most of the first half before getting things rolling in a...
by design | Nov 17, 2019 | The Daily Focus
CAC’s Families Together Academy provides free education to empower families to thrive. We welcome all families and individuals to come together to learn in a relaxed informal setting. Refreshments served. Win a chance at a door prize. Certificates of completion...
by design | Nov 16, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Kingsport, Tenn. – Over 500 local high school students will get the chance to witness the state’s highest court at work when the Tennessee Supreme Court hears oral arguments for two cases on November 19, 2019, in Kingsport, Tennessee, as part of the Court’s SCALES...