by design | Feb 12, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Joint Education Committee discusses education issues By Ken Lay Potential pay raises took center stage as the Knox County Board of Education Knox County Commission Joint Education Committee convened Wednesday at the Andrew Johnson Building. The committee, which met...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Both the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Maryville Daily Times have given coverage to some folks castigating Congressman John J. “Jimmy” Duncan for refusing to hold a special town hall meeting – – – just for them. Naturally, after...
by Ray Hill | Feb 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull had been in Congress since 1907 when he had only narrowly won the Democratic nomination, which inside Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional district was tantamount to election. Hull, only thirty-seven years old at the time, had been nominated by...
by design | Feb 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “I think it will sell,” Kim Trent of Knox Heritage told The Focus. The historic Howard House, at 2921 Broadway Avenue, is one of the few remaining homes on the busy commercial street. Built in 1910 by Lynn Hayes the beautiful home...
by design | Feb 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Over the past 10 seasons, Webb School’s girls basketball program under Coach Shelley Collier has played in nine state championship games. Five times the Lady Spartans have struck gold. Four times they have brought back silver. Only in 2010 did they...
by design | Feb 12, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The division continued last week between homeowners in the Parkridge neighborhood who want to extend an existing historic designation to the entire community and those who don’t want the label. The H-1 zoning proposal, which will...
by design | Feb 12, 2017 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) is offering $15,000 in down payment assistance to homebuyers who purchase a home in targeted neighborhoods that were hard hit by the downturn and have been slower to recover in Knoxville and across the state. THDA...
by design | Feb 12, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Back to Work – a solo exhibition by sculpture artist Jackson Martin is on view February 15 – April 8, 2017 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. The opening reception is Friday, February 17, 2017, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The public...
by design | Feb 11, 2017 | The Daily Focus
With the Bassmaster Elite at Cherokee Lake having reached its halfway point, a trio of Elite Series newcomers are sitting atop the standings with a chance to make their mark on the trail very early in the season. Jesse Wiggins of Cullman, Ala., came to eastern...
by design | Feb 11, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Appointments to the Knox County Election Commission will be made in the coming days by the Tennessee State Election Commission. Currently, the Knox County Legislative Delegation is accepting resumes from interested individuals who may wish to serve on the...
