by design | Feb 19, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
BoE members get a preview of the new budget By Pete Gawda At their work session last Wednesday Knox County Board of Education members got a preview of the new budget and heard the disparities in educational outcomes committee. Gary Spencer, interim finance director,...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 19, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Look out people, it’s not only Governor Haslam looking to increase your taxes by raising the gas tax. School folks met with members of the County Commission last week and are poking at property taxes; in fact, there was mention of asking the state...
by design | Feb 19, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Recently Knoxville Mayor Madeline Roger announced that Tuesday, February 21 will be Holocaust Education Day in the city. She is asking that everyone recognize that day as significant and to stand united against hatred and...
by Ray Hill | Feb 19, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Many people are under the misapprehension colleagues of the same party representing the same state in the United States Senate are close friends, or at least friendly. Oftentimes that is not the case. There is frequently a rivalry between colleagues...
by design | Feb 19, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Bearden High School girls basketball coach Justin Underwood believes his team exceeded preseason expectations and now he’s excited to see how far they can go on the tournament trail. “I don’t think many people saw us as 24-1 and ranked No. 4 in the...
by design | Feb 19, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Vine, equipped with an effective box-and-one defense and a resilient attitude, defeated top-seeded Powell 37-28 to capture the boys championship in the annual Knox County Middle School basketball tournament Thursday night. The Golden Bears, who won...
by design | Feb 19, 2017 | The Daily Focus
UT Recycling will hold an awareness day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, to promote its public recycling drop-off location on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus. Established in 2014, the location provides the community with a place to responsibly...
by design | Feb 18, 2017 | The Daily Focus
A recent 320-count indictment and the arrests of 10 people from a joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation highlight an ongoing problem. People are filing fraudulent liens with the...
by design | Feb 18, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Revenue will be holding a series of free tax workshops for new businesses in Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis and Nashville in March. Details on the bi-monthly workshops are below. Chattanooga: March 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15...
by design | Feb 17, 2017 | The Daily Focus
There is an Obamacare emergency in Tennessee. Humana’s announcement that it is pulling out of all Obamacare exchanges could leave 40,000 residents in Knoxville with no health care exchange options next year—they may have an Obamacare subsidy but it’ll be like holding...
