by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay Farragut High School football coach Eddie Courtney couldn’t have scripted a better beginning for the 2015 season. The Admirals scored early and often and dominated the action. And when the dust had settled, Farragut notched a big road win over Powell Friday...
by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Archives
By Steve Williams The King’s Academy players had named it The Battle of Boyds Creek, but Seymour High players celebrated the victory Friday night in the first football game ever played between the two schools. The Eagles, with their offensive line leading a strong...
by design | Aug 23, 2015 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The admission of out-of-county students to the L&N STEM Academy came up in a discussion at the Knox County Commission workshop last week with several commissioners questioning School Superintendent James McIntyre about the...
by design | Aug 21, 2015 | Archives
This is Meteorologist Bob Becker. As a cool front slides through our area, we will see much improved weather conditions by the time the UT Soccer Team hosts Lipscomb at 7pm Friday at Regal Soccer Stadium. Rainfall amounts have varied from place to place this...
by design | Aug 21, 2015 | sports, The Daily Focus
This is Meteorologist Bob Becker. As a cool front slides through our area, we will see much improved weather conditions by the time the UT Soccer Team hosts Lipscomb at 7pm Friday at Regal Soccer Stadium. Rainfall amounts have varied from place to place this...
by design | Aug 19, 2015 | News, The Daily Focus
Eight topics designed to help careers Maryville, Tenn. – It’s Your Career! That’s the focus of eight free soft skills sessions offered in partnership by the Blount County Public Library, the Adult Education Foundation of Blount...
by design | Aug 19, 2015 | News, The Daily Focus
Governor Bill Haslam and Commissioner Kevin Triplett, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, yesterday announced during a special event at the Ryman Auditorium that tourism’s direct domestic and international travel expenditures reached $17.7...
by design | Aug 17, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Knox County Schools announced last Monday that Bearden Middle School and Carter Middle School have been selected to participate in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program directed by Digital Promise. Through this program, these two...
by design | Aug 17, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Fifth District School Board Member Defeated in 14th District House Special Election Board of Education member Karen Carson received 1,742 votes to telecommunications brokerage business owner Jason Zachary’s 2,397 votes in last Wednesday’s special...
by design | Aug 17, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Conveying ownership of real property requires a writing. This writing is called a deed. Deeds are good as between parties without registration; however, registering the deed is necessary to protect the grantee against grantor’s...