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Finally, a golden moment for Bearden basketball

by design | Mar 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams The third time was the charm. Playing in the TSSAA state tournament for the third year in a row, Bearden loaded its first gold basketball in school history for the trip back to Knoxville. Coach Jeremy Parrott’s talented and veteran Bulldogs took...

$15M added to city budget includes Safe Place at Broadway bridge

by design | Mar 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville Finance Director Jim York told the City Council Tuesday that $15,155,694 is needed in new and shifted money for several projects. His request was approved on first reading after he explained the money will go to three...

Watkins Overton, ‘Mr. Crump’s Mayor’

by Ray Hill | Mar 17, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Samuel Watkins Overton, Jr. came from one of Tennessee’s most prominent families; Overton was the great-great grandson of Judge John Overton, a contemporary of General Andrew Jackson and the founder of Memphis. Overton joined the law firm founded by...

Wright: Fulton looks ‘tougher’ in semifinal win

by design | Mar 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Fulton was wide awake for a 10 o’clock tipoff in the Class AA semifinals Friday morning in Murfreesboro and built a 13-point lead in the first half of its 66-55 win over East Nashville Magnet School in the TSSAA state basketball tournament. “I liked...

Attorney Arthur G. Seymour, Jr. passes away

by design | Mar 17, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Our region has lost one of its leaders with the passing of Arthur Seymour, Jr., well-known attorney and community leader. Seymour passed away after a battle with cancer at age 74 on March 11. Services will be held at 3 p.m.,...

The Knoxville Focus for March 11, 2019

by design | Mar 10, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

McMillan Proven Right Career Magnet Academy Enrollment Doubles By Focus Staff Mike McMillan, East Knox County’s member of the board of education, led the fight to keep the Career Magnet Academy open. McMillan vehemently resisted efforts by the school administration...

Governor Lee hits a home run

by Steve Hunley | Mar 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley After forty-five days as governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee made his first State of the State address at the Capitol last Monday night. Governor Lee brought legislators and guests to their feet some twenty times and his message throughout the evening...

Morning Pointe celebrates grand opening of new Knoxville facility

by design | Mar 10, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay Knoxville’s newest assisted living community celebrated its grand opening late last week. Morning Pointe Knoxville had a dinner, open house and ribbon-cutting Thursday night. It’s located at 9649 Westland Drive, adjacent to Shoreline Church in the...

The Last Years of Lawrence D. Tyson, IV

by Ray Hill | Mar 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Lawrence Davis Tyson had been elected to the United States Senate to represent Tennessee in 1924. To get to the Senate, Tyson defeated a two-term incumbent and a respected former justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. L. D. Tyson had won the general...

Broadway Carpets celebrates façade renovation

by design | Mar 10, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Garry Tener, chief operating officer of Broadway Carpets, spoke at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting for the company’s renovation of the exterior of the well-known business. The city’s Community Development Façade Project helped with a...