by design | Jul 5, 2016 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Last month, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander welcomed members of the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) to his Washington D.C. office. KCS Board of Education member Patti Bounds was one of a group of TSBA members in Washington to participate in the...
by design | Jul 5, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The 3rd Annual Seymour Community Tribute to Veterans Car Show will be held on Saturday, July 9th at Celebration Church, located at 10402 Chapman Highway, Seymour, Tennessee. Admission to the public is free and the hours are 10 a.m. till 2 .pm. Everyone is invited to...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Try out Knoxville Transit with Free Rides Friday By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you don’t usually ride the Knoxville City buses or trolleys you may want to step aboard and see what you’ve been missing. While there are lots of parking spaces downtown, the only...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 4, 2016 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Interim School Superintendent Buzz Thomas is off to a good start with his letter to the community. Thomas has hit the right note by clearly indicating he’s cognizant of every stakeholder involved in the school system, which extends beyond teachers,...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We’ve got about 30 vendors with everything including local tomatoes, sweet corn, beans, okra, cucumbers, squash, zucchini and berries,” said Jeff Cannon. Cannon and his wife, Virginia, host the Dixie Lee Farmers Market every...
by Ray Hill | Jul 4, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Theodore Gilmore Bilbo had twice been governor of Mississippi and was engaged in a serious controversy when he proposed to fire one hundred and seventy nine professors and faculty members from the state university system. Bilbo’s plan to move the...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mark Nagi You couldn’t script it if you tried… A girl from a small town in the middle of Tennessee wins more games than any basketball coach in history… But Pat Summitt was so much more than that. Pat was, simply put, one of the most important people in the history...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Softball standout Samantha Trentham enjoyed a victory of a different kind last week as she went to Mexico on a mission trip. “We have been loving on and witnessing to the children down here and being ‘Jesus with skin on,’ which has kind of become our...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | The Daily Focus
FROM WEST HIGH SCHOOL – As a Freshman at West High School, your student has the opportunity to do what so many successful students have done before them, Be Part of the Band! At West High School, we want to make your transition to high school as easy as...
by design | Jul 4, 2016 | Public Notice
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 8, 2016 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below,...
