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Human juggles golf and football at Grace Christian

by design | Aug 11, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams This is the busiest time of the year for Michael Human, but he’s good enough of an athlete to handle it. Michael plays golf and football for Grace Christian Academy, two sports that overlap particularly in the months of August and September. And his...

The Knoxville Focus for August 5, 2019

by design | Aug 4, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

A dandy dozen travel Halls High’s Road to Fame By Steve Williams No telling how many thousands of boys and girls have participated in athletics at Halls High School since it was founded in 1916. But there are 12 being announced today as the school’s very best of all...

Will Recode Raise Taxes?

by Steve Hunley | Aug 4, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley As the City of Knoxville government considers the “Recode” proposal, I’ve heard that some officials are insisting Recode will not cause taxes to increase. That just cannot be true. While Recode has undergone more permutations than Frankenstein’s...

Cool Cat Billiards & Café makes family connections easy

by design | Aug 4, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Amy Box Fellhoelter Some people go to great lengths to unplug from life’s responsibilities and connect with their family members such as sight-seeing at the Grand Canyon or hiking in the Smoky Mountains. But great family moments and memories can be made here in...

Pruitt: Fall camp is ‘most exciting time of the year’

by design | Aug 4, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay It’s football time in Tennessee --- again. The Volunteers made it official when they opened fall camp late last week and coach Jeremy Pruitt is eager to begin his second season at the helm in Big Orange Country and he calls this the best time of the year....

Unclaimed Vietnam Veteran buried with honors

by design | Aug 4, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com A Vietnam War veteran with no known family or relatives was buried last week. The 20-year resident of Newport would have been pleased to find that he had a family among fellow veterans as more than 100 people turned out for his...

The Knoxville Focus for July 29, 2019

by design | Jul 28, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Second reading of Recode before City Council By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When the Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening the members will be asked for a final approval of Recode, an overall revision of zoning and building regulations. More than two...

Where’s grandfather… What’s EN… Where’s proper notice?

by Steve Hunley | Jul 28, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Recode Knoxville will be voted on Tuesday, July 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building. This will be the second and final vote on the text of Recode which is now at 410 pages in Recode Draft 5.5. Tomorrow’s meeting will...

Abloom Florist donates flowers to Shannondale Healthcare Center

by design | Jul 28, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay A local florist made last week a little brighter for the patients at Shannondale Health Care Center. It was a cloudy and drizzly day, but Dianne Storm and Tina Lakin of West Knoxville’s Abloom Florist delivered a few flowers to the senior healthcare center...

‘Something extra’ always part of Pet Nanny Pet Care

by design | Jul 28, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Amy Box Fellhoelter As a person who has poured her life into helping others as a nurse and now caring for pets as a pet sitter, Jennifer Mills, owner of Pet Nanny Pet Care, desires for the animals of her clients to be not only well cared for, but genuinely loved by...