by design | Mar 5, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It has been a long and bumpy road but as the idea of a Safety Center for mentally ill public offenders is within site there’s another obstacle: community reaction. With $1.5 million for each of two years that may be coming to Knox...
by Ray Hill | Mar 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By 1939 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was fast approaching perhaps the biggest crisis of his presidency, aside from the Great Depression, with war looming in Europe. Roosevelt turned to his Secretary of State, Cordell Hull of Tennessee. Tall, stately, dignified and...
by design | Mar 5, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay OAK RIDGE — Hardin Valley Academy’s girls basketball team made it to the Region 2-AAA Tournament Championship Game for the first time in school history Wednesday night. But things didn’t go well for the Lady Hawks at Wildcat Arena. HVA scored...
by design | Mar 5, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Over the next week and a half, Norfolk Southern Railway will be changing out the rails and smoothing out the tracks at two crossings, which will require full closures of Concord Street and Tobler Lane for short periods of time. Work at the Concord Street...
by design | Mar 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will co-sponsor a regional symposium for...
by design | Mar 3, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Young-Williams Animal Center will celebrate the 10th annual Mardi Growl Parade and Festival downtown on Saturday, March 4. Be sure to bring Fido – he’s been looking forward to attending Knoxville’s biggest dog party, presented by the Old City Wine Bar. But...
by design | Mar 2, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The East Tennessee Preservation Alliance (ETPA) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 East Tennessee Endangered 8, a listing of the eight most threatened historic sites in our region. The objective of the list is to inform our communities about the real threat of...
by design | Mar 1, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The University of Tennessee will hold an introductory program and press conference to welcome new vice chancellor and director of athletics John Currie on Thursday, March 2, at Thompson-Boling Arena. The introductory program will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET inside...
by design | Mar 1, 2017 | The Daily Focus
WHAT: Pancake Fest 2017 WHEN: Friday, March 3 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. WHERE: O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. in Knoxville COST: $5 The O’Connor Senior Center presents the 2017 Pancake Fest, an annual fundraising event for the...
by design | Mar 1, 2017 | The Daily Focus
On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, Keep Knoxville Beautiful will host the annual Orchids Beautification Awards at the Standard at 416 West Jackson Avenue from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The deadline for purchasing tickets is this Friday, March 3rd. From 6:00...
