by Steve Hunley | May 28, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley We have many new readers in the past few months from our in depth coverage of Recode Knoxville. For our readers who haven’t heard about Recode yet, it is the wiping out of our current Knoxville zoning code that has sixty years of case law protecting...
by design | May 27, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Penny Schwinn visits South Knox Elementary By Ken Lay Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn made a stop in Knoxville Wednesday morning and came to South Knoxville Elementary School. Her stay was brief but the morning was busy for Schwinn, who gave the opening...
by Steve Hunley | May 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The impending resignation of Glen Casada, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, has its sad aspects, whether anybody wants to admit it or not. Democrats are rejoicing because they think the fall of Glen Casada will reap political dividends...
by design | May 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Mark your calendars because a local church is planning to celebrate 100 years in our community. Inskip Baptist Church, at 4810 Rowan Road in North Knoxville, is planning a Sunday celebration on June 9. Rev. Mike Segers, who has...
by Ray Hill | May 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill In February of 1945, a war weary and sick Franklin D. Roosevelt was on his way to Crimea in the Soviet Union. Technically in the Ukraine, the Crimea is on a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea and was once the playground of the Russian Czars...
by design | May 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Amy Box Fellhoelter Some people might describe the newly opened Parkview Retirement Community for active seniors as posh or elegant, but a better description for the independent living facility would be family and community, which is echoed by the residents as...
