by design | Aug 26, 2013 | From the publisher's desk, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley The media barrage has begun and Superintendent of Schools Jim McIntyre is doing his best to spin the drop in ACT scores in Knox County. Like a stressed circus poodle, Dr. McIntyre is spinning, jumping, and barking that the results don’t mean a thing in...
by design | Aug 25, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
Today during an ice cream social at Edgewood Park for Rick Staples a surprise endorsement was made by Commissioner McKenzie. He publicly and officially backs Rich Staples for City Council 4th district. The ice cream social was officially sanctioned,...
by design | Aug 24, 2013 | Dan Andrews, sports, The Daily Focus
“If you market it right they will come.” Much like the movie “Field of Dreams” that is exactly what happened tonight at Regal Stadium. In an effort to boost attendance and continue to take Lady Vol Soccer to the next level, the...
by design | Aug 23, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
http://knoxcounty.org/purchasing/pdfs/showfile.php?id=2799 This is kind of government geek interesting. The county is looking to create an Emergency Mass Notification System. However, many good strong technical and logistical questions have been raised and...
by design | Aug 22, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
I did some asking around tonight with local hotels and all confirm to me that they have no measurable influx of people sleeping overnight. I have checked hotels.com and priceline.com and basically the pattern I am observing is that the $40 a night hotels are in...
by design | Aug 22, 2013 | Dan Andrews, sports, The Daily Focus
While they may not be as cool as Spiderman the “Knoxville Footbag Association” comes very close. I have been checking in with the KFA for over a year now. They meet usually at Market Square on Wednesday night. I was literally blown away by how...
