by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Candidate forum draws crowd By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission candidate forum Thursday evening at the Emporium on Gay Street drew a sizable crowd to hear those people with primary opposition speak. Candidates with no opposition in their...
by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley If you ever want to know what the business elite and political establishment think, simply read the News Sentinel. The Chamber of Commerce types, business elite and powers that be are waging a furious assault to drive Knox County Law Director...
by Mike Steely | Jan 31, 2016 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you are new to Knoxville you’ve probably familiar with Cumberland Avenue and Kingston Pike, the one-in-the-same street that runs from downtown all the way to Farragut and on to Loudon County. Driving west from downtown, past the...
by Ray Hill | Jan 31, 2016 | Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “If you trust the people, they will trust you.” Arthur Capper Before there was Bob Dole, there was Arthur Capper. Capper was the most successful politician in Kansas for decades. Of the many campaigns he waged, he lost only one. He served two terms as...
by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams These are exciting times at First Baptist Academy of Powell. Its basketball teams have tasted victory. You can really call the Eagles and Lady Eagles new and improved. Heading into an invitational tournament they were hosting this past weekend, the...
by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Two wins on consecutive days netted the Halls Middle School girls basketball team a Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference regular-season championship. The Lady Demons nailed down the title with victories on Wednesday and Thursday at home and...
by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 24, 2007, executed by DAVID T ERVIN, conveying certain real property therein described to PRLAP,...
by design | Jan 31, 2016 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Volunteer Drivers are needed to assist seniors and people with disabilities to medical appointments, shopping trips, beauty appointments, and other fun activities! Professional training and vehicles provided. Volunteers will drive agency-owned, hybrid sedans or...
by design | Jan 30, 2016 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County Public Library, Friends of the Library, Clarence Brown Theatre, and the Public Defender’s Community Law Office are joining forces on The Big Read A common experience of a story can bring a community together to help face its truths. Knox County...
by design | Jan 29, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Norman Shaw, founder of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, will lecture on “The Loss of the Sultana: America’s Worst Maritime Disaster.” Norman, a retired title attorney, started the Association of Sultana Descendants in 1987 and he also coordinated and...