by design | Feb 11, 2015 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Lauren Hopson, the founder of Students, Parents and Educators Across Knox County (SPEAK) and a teacher advocate who has been outspoken concerning Superintendent James McIntyre and school policies, has been elected by fellow Knox County...
by design | Feb 7, 2015 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely In an effort to remove blight, redevelop neighborhoods and provide affordable housing the City of Knoxville offers vacant lots and lots with substandard housing for sale. Individuals, non-profit organizations and businesses can bid on the...
by design | Feb 4, 2015 | News, The Daily Focus
Dr. McIntyre went to Washington D.C. this week to participate in a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions roundtable discussion on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Before he left, he invited Board of Education members to...
by design | Jan 31, 2015 | Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended against it and the Inskip Neighborhood Association is opposed to it but Quint Bourgeois is appealing to City Council Tuesday. He wants to rezone his property on Bruhin road...
by design | Jan 27, 2015 | sports, The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay Central High School will unofficially open the 2015 baseball season with its first annual Leadoff Banquet on Jan. 31 at the Family Life Center at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City. The event, which begins at 5 p.m. and will be emceed by...
by design | Jan 21, 2015 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville Police Department and other local sponsors are hosting a collection of unwanted medicines and a used mercury thermometer exchange on Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24. The event will be offered 9 a.m.-3 p.m. both days during the...
