by design | Jul 28, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Project at The UT Gardens Includes Treehouse, Play Area and Chance To Learn About Plants It’s an area where kids can run and play and engage with nature at the same time. The scenery isn’t bad either. The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and UT...
by design | Jul 27, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Approximately 350 Knox County school buses travel almost 3 million miles each year, or nearly 20,000 miles each school day in rush hour traffic. According to the American School Bus Council, based on research from several federal studies, travel by school bus...
by design | Jul 27, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Thousands of additional students now meeting or exceeding course expectations Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced today that Tennessee high school students improved across all subject areas – English, math, science, and U.S. history – on the...
by design | Jul 27, 2017 | The Daily Focus
On Friday, July 28, 2017 Knox Heritage is hosting a behind the scenes tour of the renovations to the Knoxville High School building located at 101 E 5th Avenue in Knoxville. The event will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.. Developer, Rick Dover, will be on hand...
by design | Jul 26, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Find a family pet to fulfill the love Beginning July 1st Pets Without Parents Animal Shelter (PWP) began receiving all the county’s stray and abandoned animals when the Humane Society decided to no longer accept the county’s stray animals. In the last two and a...
by design | Jul 26, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The latest lab report has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex mosquitoes in the Stone Road area of South Knoxville. Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol, the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) will spray for...
by design | Jul 25, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Editor’s note: Knoxville Focus sportswriter Steve Williams originated the National Collegiate All-Sports Rankings in the summer of 1971 when he was sports editor of The Daily Beacon, the University of Tennessee student newspaper. The rankings were picked up by The...
by design | Jul 25, 2017 | The Daily Focus
School Safety Press Conference WHAT: Knox County Schools, along with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Knoxville Police Department, will host a back-to-school safety press conference. Speakers will present information about enhanced bus safety,...
by design | Jul 24, 2017 | Public Notice
Foreclosure notices SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 17, 2017 on or about 10:00AM local time, at the North Side Entrance, City County Building, 400 Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified...
by Joe Rector | Jul 24, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I “had” to buy a lawnmower the other week. Oh, it wasn’t because I didn’t have one already. In fact, two riding mowers are in the basement. My older brother and his wife bought the first one a year after my mother died; they did so that I could keep the...
