by design | Sep 23, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
If you haven’t registered for Mayor Tim Burchett’s 6th Annual Senior Appreciation Picnic you’ll need to do so by this Friday, September 26. The free event, which features food, activities, live entertainment, and an expo tent with vendors, takes...
by design | Sep 13, 2014 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely That was the answer by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett during a taping of WBIR’s “Inside Tennessee” which aired Sunday morning. Asked by attorney Don Bosh if he feels the school superintendent “should be gone” the mayor answered “Yes, I do.”...
by design | Sep 10, 2014 | sports, The Daily Focus
How much revenue does the City of Knoxville take in on UTK Football home games? To answer that question, the Knoxville Focus, reached out to various city departments to get a better handle on the revenue number. Here are the responses we received…...
by design | Sep 9, 2014 | From the publisher's desk, The Daily Focus
Populists Versus Elitists By Steve Hunley I can’t help myself, but I have been thoroughly amused by the uproar about the “side” agreement between the superintendent of schools and the Knox County Board of Education. The Focus was writing about this two and a half...
by design | Sep 9, 2014 | Dan Andrews, Knoxville, The Daily Focus
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com On August 25, the Knox County Commission made the decision to repeal the county’s portion of the “amusement tax,” a tax that is applied only to ticket sales for University of Tennessee (UT) football and men’s and women’s...
