by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams It’s time for the TSSAA’s annual Spring Fling. Action starts today at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro with state competition in the girls’ pentathlon and boys’ decathlon. Several local area teams and individuals also will be...
by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you attend the State of Franklin Day at James White Fort this Saturday you may find characters there representing East Tennessee and Knoxville’s early days. The costumed actors are part of a group called Tennesseans For Living...
by Ray Hill | May 22, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “I have got no horse no autmobel and no nothing to ride can you pleas if possible fix for me to get some help some way can you fix for me some way so my family will not purish.” So wrote a man from Newcomb, Tennessee to Congressman J. Will Taylor on August...
by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Knoxville Catholic started the 2015-16 school year with a state championship in cross country last fall. The Irishmen would like to end it with a Class A-AA title in outdoor track and field this week at the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro. After...
by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The Jungle never looked better. That’s where the Powell Panthers play and their new artificial turf is ready for use. Powell is the first of 13 Knox County high schools getting artificial turf over a three-year period, thanks to a $10 million gift...
by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay For much of the 2016 postseason the Farragut High School baseball team has endured its share of offensive struggles. But the Admirals (37-6) saw their bats awaken a bit in a comeback win against Powell in the Region 2-AAA Championship Game. There, Farragut...
by design | May 22, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Farragut High School baseball coach Matt Buckner watched his team struggle for six innings in the Region 2-AAA Championship game Wednesday night while Powell High saw things fall perfectly into place. But the bottom of the seventh was a different story as...
by design | May 22, 2016 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely One of the things to come out of the recent retreat of members of the Knoxville City Council members is the idea of meeting earlier than the current 7 p.m. sessions. The council meets twice each month and the idea appears to be aimed at drawing more...
by design | May 22, 2016 | The Daily Focus
They may be babies, but kittens as young as 4 months and puppies as young as 5 months can get pregnant and have their first litter just two months later. “Many owners put off the procedure and wait until the puppy or kitten is 6 to 8 months old. But by then, a...
by design | May 20, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Use heat-treated wood or collect on-site to protect forests Tennessee State Parks, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry and The Nature Conservancy, is advising the public of a new policy regarding bringing firewood into parks....
