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Legal and public notices for the week of March 15, 2021

by design | Mar 15, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

COURT NOTICES Non-Resident NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR UNION COUNTY, TENNESSEE JAMES TODD SHOPE and MARLENA GRACE SHOPE, Petitioners, v. RACHAEL LOUISE COCHRAN, Respondents. Case No. 3836 In this cause, it appearing from the Petition...

The Knoxville Focus for March 15, 2021

by design | Mar 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Vestal neighborhood moving forward By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com South Knoxville is moving forward with many improvements in the Vestal neighborhood. Some of the improvements were discussed last week in a Zoom meeting of the Vestal Community...

Publisher’s Positions

by Steve Hunley | Mar 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Local Democrats were quick to squall over the election of Daniel Herrera as chairman of the Knox County Republican Party. When was the last time the Knox County Democratic Party elected a young Hispanic as the local leader of their own party? It was...

Fountain City Auto Clinic is a family tradition

by design | Mar 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Looking for the best auto repairs by a local family-owned and operated business? For all around repairs and maintenance of all makes of vehicles you can’t beat Fountain City Auto Clinic at 2823 Woodrow Drive. Tammie...

Mr. Jim Cummings

by Ray Hill | Mar 14, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

“Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. By Ray Hill James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned with. When he...

Bearden Wins TSSAA Dance Championships!

by design | Mar 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams The coaching staff set the tone and the senior class took it from there. And as usual, even in an unusual year, Bearden High School took top honors in two categories in the 2020-21 TSSAA Dance Championships. This year Bearden won state titles in...

Young Falcons eliminated by Greeneville gunners

by design | Mar 14, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams A young Fulton boys basketball team hung with host Greeneville’s veteran group for only about half of the opening period in its TSSAA Class AA State Sectional game March 8. The Falcons led 2-0 and 7-5 in the early going before senior point guard and...

The Knoxville Focus for March 8, 2021

by design | Mar 7, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Can the KCSO Merit System Council rule on a sheriff’s transfer of an employee? By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The push and pull contest between the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and its Merit System Council continues with a new dispute involving a...

Publisher’s Positions

by Steve Hunley | Mar 7, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Knoxville’s Shame I have a lot of respect and admiration for Bob Booker who is a former state representative, city councilman, the former executive director of the Beck Cultural Center and an able historian. Robert Booker also writes a column...

Murphey, Hardin Valley wrestler, is off to good start

by design | Mar 7, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Ella Murphey has set some big goals as a wrestler at Hardin Valley Academy, and so far so good for the freshman. “She seeks to do what Kenya Sloan did several years ago,” said Marc Giles, HVA’s wrestling coach, last week. That was winning four...