by design | Jul 27, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Jovan Haye played for the National Football League for seven years, including three years with the Tampa Buccaneers and two years with the Tennessee Titans. Only 9 in 10,000 high school senior football players ever play for the NFL. But first, Haye had...
by design | Jul 26, 2014 | Knox County, Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Neyland Drive, traditionally the main viewing area for Boomsday, will be open free to the public for Boomsday 2014. Tickets will be required for the Rodney Atkins concert, which will now take place at 10 p.m. inside Thompson Boling Arena after the fireworks. The...
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...
