by design | Jan 29, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Harmony, friendship and fun By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There are 29 beautiful voices that make up K-Town Sound Show Chorus and when they sing it’s not only harmony but obviously fun. The Sweet Adeline group practiced last Thursday at First Presbyterian...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Most of the folks who voted for Donald Trump wanted some kind of change in Washington, D.C. There were doubtless folks who likely voted for Trump in the hope of some minor, albeit meaningful changes in the way things are done. There were probably a...
by design | Jan 29, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “I didn’t expect the turnout to be this great,” said Knoxville Historic Planner Kaye Graybeal recently during a public hearing on the proposed Edgewood-Park City Historic Zoning District. What she also probably didn’t expect were...
by Ray Hill | Jan 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Congressman Cordell Hull of Tennessee is frequently credited with being the “Father of the Income Tax.” Today, that is likely a dubious distinction. When the income tax was first approved in 1913, the tax code was fifteen pages long. Today, the tax code...
by design | Jan 29, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Dr. M.W. Rhyne has new location By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The East Tennessee Binocular Vision Center at 9051 Executive Park Drive, Suite 401, is the new home of Dr. M.W. Rhyne and his practice. Dr. Rhyne opened the new office to continue and extend his...
by design | Jan 29, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Susan Davidson, Farragut Middle School girls basketball head coach, still remembers her team’s first game of the season loud and clear. It was an in-school game at Karns. “We lost by two points,” recalled Davidson. “It was a packed house, standing...
by design | Jan 29, 2017 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com In December Councilman Nick Della Volpe suggested amending a resolution that now permits beer to be sold next to church locations. He suggested that the former 300 feet between the two be restored and exempt a required distance for...
by design | Jan 28, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Twenty-seven first graders at The Episcopal School of Knoxville spent time Tuesday loading enough toys, books, clothes and bicycles to fill a 26-foot U-Haul truck and then helped deliver them to the Holiday Bureau in Oak Ridge. It was the culmination of the school’s...
by design | Jan 27, 2017 | The Daily Focus
by design | Jan 27, 2017 | The Daily Focus
A FEASTival of Food, Drink & Fun The Board of Directors of the Farragut Business Alliance is now accepting applications to fill the 30 spaces reserved for FARRAGUT-based food suppliers and restaurants for this year’s Farragut Food and Wine Festival. (If you are...
