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More State Tax Dollars Out the Window

More State Tax Dollars Out the Window

by Steve Hunley | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley   The embarrassment in Tennessee over the failed TN Ready test has barely faded when auditors from the State Comptroller’s office have released a scathing report about mismanagement inside the Achievement School District.  As described by reporter...

The 1948 Governor’s Race in Tennessee, Part 2

The 1948 Governor’s Race in Tennessee, Part 2

by Ray Hill | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill As Tennessee entered the summer months of 1948, Governor Jim Nance McCord and Gordon Browning battled for the Democratic nomination to be chief executive of the state. Any campaign waged by Gordon Browning quickly became hard fought and the genteel McCord...

Is Tennessee a paper tiger or for real?

Is Tennessee a paper tiger or for real?

by Steve Williams | Aug 28, 2016 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams

By Steve Williams Butch Jones has put Tennessee football back on the map. But can he keep it there? That will be answered on the field in the 2016 season, which opens Thursday night with a visit from Appalachian State. The Vols’ rise into the preseason Top 10 has more...

What you may not know about the Tennessee Theatre

What you may not know about the Tennessee Theatre

by design | Aug 28, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Yes, the sign went back up and once again the proud and historic Tennessee Theatre on Gay Street downtown has its name proudly and more brightly lit. The majestic theatre has a long history of film and live events that continue...

Talented youngsters help put Cherokees back in win column

Talented youngsters help put Cherokees back in win column

by design | Aug 28, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams South-Doyle head coach Clark Duncan didn’t want to talk about the past Friday night. That’s understandable. The present is looking pretty good and the future mighty fine. A freshman and sophomore combined for three touchdown runs in South-Doyle’s...

Halls golfers topple Farragut at Fox Den

Halls golfers topple Farragut at Fox Den

by design | Aug 28, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Halls High’s boys golf team continues to enjoy beating Farragut this season. The Red Devils’ latest victory over their old nemesis also took place on the Admirals’ home course at Fox Den Country Club. Alex Hodge, Halls’ lone senior, and Anthony...

The Knoxville Focus for August 22, 2016

The Knoxville Focus for August 22, 2016

by design | Aug 21, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

UT announces security, parking changes for Thursday game By Ken Lay For the first time since 1938 the University of Tennessee will have a Thursday night home game at Neyland Stadium. Expectations are high for the Volunteers as Coach Butch Jones enters his fourth...

More State Tax Dollars Out the Window

Leftist Journalist Admits Bias & Agenda

by Steve Hunley | Aug 21, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Over the years, readers will recall I have maintained there is an appalling bias in the media.  This would not be so appalling were it not presented in the guise of “news.”  There is a place for opinion and commentary, which used to be in the editorial...

The 1948 Governor’s Race in Tennessee

The 1948 Governor’s Race in Tennessee

by Ray Hill | Aug 21, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill The 1948 election in Tennessee was a watershed political event. For two decades, the political partnership of senior United States senator Kenneth D. McKellar and Edward Hull Crump, leader of the Shelby County machine, had dominated Volunteer State...

Plans for grant to curb elder abuse announced

Plans for grant to curb elder abuse announced

by design | Aug 21, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When District Attorney General Charme Allen took office in September of 2014 she said the office had no one designed to deal with elder abuse and she recognized that the growing number of cases involving senior citizens needed some...

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