by design | Jun 21, 2015 | Absher, Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist
Tate’s new Middle School to include Aeroponic Gardening By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com While many of Knoxville’s schools incorporate gardens into their learning environment, Tate’s new Middle School is taking that to a whole new level. Tate’s School ...
by design | Jun 21, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When Amber Martin talks about the Max, she does so with a passion. Amber and her husband, Jason, along with a group of local investors, have created a unique indoor center that has over 20,000 feet of trampoline jumping space. Max...
by design | Jun 21, 2015 | Archives
Perseverance powers James Bretscher to national rankings By Steve Williams James Bretscher was determined to have a strong senior season in swimming, and his years of hard work and effort were rewarded. The rapidly improving Bretscher not only won the 100-yard...
by Ray Hill | Jun 21, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For more than two decades, Finis James Garrett represented a West Tennessee district in Congress. Garrett was a talented politician and his rise was meteoric. Winning a seat in Congress when he was barely twenty-eight years old, he rose to become...
by design | Jun 21, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay The Karns Dragons Little League Baseball team won an improbable championship recently when they claimed the Farm League Championship Series. The Dragons, who had five players selected to the all-star team, may have finished on top in the 6, 7 and 8-year old...
by design | Jun 21, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com In about 12 years the Andrew Johnson Building on the corner of Gay and West Hill Street will be 100 years old. Over those many years the building, now on the National Register of Historic Places, has seen tenants come and go. Some...
by design | Jun 15, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Tim and Jim reach budget compromise. Last Monday, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Schools Director Jim McIntyre held a joint press conference to present a budget compromise that they say would allow for the construction of both the...
by Joe Rector | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector This world isn’t much like the one I grew up in. Oh, I know technology has made advancements that make our lives much easier. Folks now have much more time to pursue interests and hobbies. Those aren’t the things I’m talking about. What amazes me is the...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman I give up. Seriously. I give up. From this point forward I refuse to believe that Tennessee’s athletic department will ever be back to normal. Much like my refusal to pick the Vols to beat Florida in football, I will no longer believe that Tennessee...
by Steve Williams | Jun 15, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Just what we didn’t need. Another dark cloud over the University of Tennessee men’s basketball program. Allegations of serious academic wrongdoing in the Texas program when new Vols head coach Rick Barnes was employed there were reported last week....
