by Steve Williams | Jan 11, 2016 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams One way or the other, Dale Jones will be at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 3. I sure would like to see him at the 2016 season opener on the Tennessee sideline as the Vols’ new defensive coordinator instead of on the other side coaching inside linebackers...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 11, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman As is tradition in this column, for my last effort of the year I called my psychic for some help in terms of looking to the future. Just what will happen on the local and national sports scene in 2016? Save this column for posterity and make sure to...
by design | Jan 11, 2016 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Carol Clifton and Tommy L. Clifton executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., Lender and Larry A. Weissman,...
by design | Jan 10, 2016 | News, The Daily Focus
Last Tuesday, Lori Boudreaux hosted a campaign kick-off at the Copper Cellar. Lori is running for the Fifth District Board of Education seat being vacated by Karen Carson. She greeted supporters from 5 to 7 pm at the West Knoxville area restaurant. Boudreaux is...
by design | Jan 10, 2016 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives
Susan Horn Kicks off School Board Campaign By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Susan Horn hosted a well-attended campaign kick-off last Friday evening at the Milestones Event Center in Farragut. Over 75 supporters and several elected officials attended the...
by Ray Hill | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Tennessee, like the rest of the country, was suffering terribly from the effects of the Great Depression. Despite the general impression the 1920s had been a decade of plenty and prosperity, that was not entirely true in the South. Tennessee was...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The decision by Superintendent of Schools Jim McIntyre to announce his plans to leave office July 8, 2016, contingent upon being given a year of salary, was not necessarily the selfless act some would have us believe. The plain fact of the matter is...
by design | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It’s fun and free and you get exercise in doing it. There are no green fees, no golf carts needed, no expensive equipment and no competition unless you want it. Plus you can wear anything you like and go anytime you want. No, it’s...
by design | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives
By Steve Williams On the way back from North Carolina and her final cross country race of the 2015 season, Rebecca Story and her mother and brother stopped by the Boyd Mountain Christmas tree farm in Waynesville and had a tree cut down to take home. “I later baked...
by design | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives
By Ken Lay Late turnovers and cold shooting spelled defeat for the Hardin Valley Academy girls basketball team Thursday night. “We turned the ball over,” Lady Hawks coach Jennifer Galloway said after her team endured a tough fourth quarter in a 47-39 District 4-AAA...
