by Ralphine Major | May 8, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com The packet of information I requested arrived in the mail. Maps and brochures included in it were our link to the Bluegrass State. There was no internet in the seventies. My brother, Wayne, had just graduated from high school, and...
by design | May 8, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Who: The Tennessee Stage Company What: Shakespeare On The Square: Two Gentlemen Of Verona Where: Young Williams Animal Shelter, 3201 Division Street Knoxville 37919 When: Saturday,...
by design | May 7, 2017 | Public Notice
Foreclosure notices NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 18, 2007, executed by ERIC FLANIGAN, HOLLY K. FLANIGAN, conveying certain real...
by design | May 7, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Focus’ Mike Steely receives award from ET Historical Society By Steve Williams Cherel Henderson may have summed it up best. “I think he just has a natural love for history,” said the executive director of the East Tennessee Historical Society after presenting Mike...
by design | May 7, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Geff Davis has built one of Knox County’s top baseball programs at Gibbs High school and on Tuesday night the school honored its longtime coach for reaching a career milestone. Davis, who won his 500th game on April 4 when the Eagles defeated District 3-AAA...
by Ray Hill | May 7, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The Tennessee Congressional delegation was lending strong support to the neutrality bill proposed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull and President Franklin Roosevelt. Congressman Wirt Courtney, who had been elected after the sudden death of Clarence W....
by design | May 7, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Things are back to normal in Knoxville Interscholastic League track and field. Hardin Valley Academy’s boys team has rejoined its girls team at the top. The Hawks, which saw their three-year KIL reign halted by Bearden last season, restored order...
by design | May 7, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Dr. Eboni Winford, a psychologist and behavior therapist, spoke to the East Knoxville Community meeting last week about Cherokee Health System’s plans for renovating and expanding there. Cherokee Health System bought the buildings...
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By Ken Lay South-Doyle third baseman Matt Storm will continue to play baseball in college and he will attend Johnson University. He made that official when he recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Royals. Storm signed at a ceremony on Monday,...
by design | May 7, 2017 | The Daily Focus
This week marked the 18th annual National Charter Schools Week, a time to celebrate the 3.1 million children who attend one of the 6,900 public charter schools that are on the forefront of helping to create new opportunities for their students. Across...
