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Focus Poll for August 5

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KAAR donates over 200 backpacks to area youth

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By Tasha Mahurin tasha@knoxfocus.com “This is the third year we have been invited to join Youth Villages in this effort, and we appreciate the opportunity to support them as well as the hundreds of local families they work with in an effort to help those families stay...

A Tale of Tennessee and the FBI: Senator K. D. McKellar and J. Edgar Hoover

by Ray Hill | Aug 4, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Francis Biddle was attorney general of the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He noted Tennessee’s Senator Kenneth D. McKellar could be “obstinate” and “vindictive," but was careful to note McKellar was “shrewd." Biddle also added that...

ORNL FCU holds first cash mob at Knoxville Soap, Candle & Gifts

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By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com According to Knoxville Soap, Candle & Gifts store owner Jodi Bowlin it was “Christmas in July” last week as dozens flocked to the Fountain City gift shop to participate in the first Small Business Counts cash mob presented by...

New coaches are trying to put Roadrunners back on winning track

by design | Aug 4, 2013 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams There’s a lot of newness in Austin-East High’s football program. It begins with Jeff Phillips, the Roadrunners’ new head coach, and continues with the entire varsity coaching staff, in which eight of its nine members are new. Only Anthony McAlister,...

Knoxville Focus for July 29, 2013

by design | Jul 28, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Click here to view this week's paper online. Leuthold appointed interim-trustee By Tasha Mahurin tasha@knoxfocus.com “All I can do is go out there every day, do things the right way, and try to build the trust back up,” Knox County’s newly appointed trustee Craig...

Knox Countians Favor Elected Offices

by design | Jul 28, 2013 | FOCUS Weekly Poll, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll asked the question, “In your opinion, should the county wide constitutional offices, such as the County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Trustee, Property Assessor, and Law Director be elected by the people or appointed by the...

Telethon to continue benefit’s momentum

by design | Jul 28, 2013 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Tasha Mahurin Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s office worked with several local TV and radio stations to organize today’s telethon to benefit Mobile Meals. Knox County Commissioner Mike Hammond and Q100 Today’s Continuous Country teamed up to raise money for the...

Governor Prentice Cooper, Chapter V

by Ray Hill | Jul 28, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Prentice Cooper was barred by state law from seeking yet another term as Tennessee’s governor in 1944; there was no Senate seat to contest and he was faced with the prospect of retiring from public office. Cooper clearly wanted to remain in public life and...

Lady Vol trainer offers perspective on life

by design | Jul 28, 2013 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Joe Rector If the old adage that “experience is the best teacher” is true, then Jenny Moshak, trainer for the Lady Vol basketball and volleyball teams, is an honor student of athletics. She shares her stories and the lessons learned in her book “Ice ‘n Go” (UT...