by design | Jul 22, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Those long awaited locally grown “real” tomatoes are here! The farmers at the Seymour Farmers Market have a large variety of heirloom tomatoes like Mortgage Lifter, Mr Stripey and Cherokee Purple, as well as some of the standard hybrids like Big Boy. The taste is...
by design | Jul 14, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
8th District Board of Education member Mike McMillan reports that Representative Harry Brooks has invited Tennessee Deputy Commissioner of Education Kathleen Airhart to speak on the subject of K-12 state requirements for testing and assessments. The event will...
by design | Jul 7, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Last week, a bus load of weary but victorious Knox County Technology Student Association (TSA) students and teachers arrived at West Town Mall around midnight. SPEAK (Students, Parents, Educators Across Knox County) teachers Christina Graham (Kindergarten, Copper...
by design | Jul 1, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely You probably already know of Knoxville’s Festival on the Fourth happening this Friday at World’s Fair Park, but there are lots of Independent Day celebrations going on in our area as well. Gatlinburg kicks off Independence Day early Friday...
by design | Jun 26, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
In a press release dated June 24, KCS announced that Indya Kincannon, second district school board member, will step down from the Knox County board of Education after the August 6 BOE meeting in order to accompany her family to Slovenia, where her husband was...
by design | Jun 26, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
WASHINGTON, June 26—U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Jr., of Tennessee: “Howard Baker was Tennessee’s favorite son, one of America’s finest leaders and for...
