by Steve Williams | May 11, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Perhaps we’ve been looking at the Tennessee baseball season the wrong way. Instead of complaining about the Vols being in last place in the Southeastern Conference and potentially facing another season out of post-season tournament play under Dave...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law In Tennessee the state legislature has passed specific statutes to make knowing exposure to certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) a criminal offense. Under Tennessee Code Annotated Section 39-13-309, “a person commits...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher This is Why I Teach. (By Farragut Middle School science teacher Mark Taylor. Reprinted by permission)… “I need to share something that happened to me tonight. I assure you I don’t mean to be self-serving in any way but this is how my night went (please...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher After last week’s board meetings, it is clear that not only was KCS Superintendent Jim McIntyre’s unilateral application for and acceptance of multiple grant awards against the BOE Policy DM (Grants Management), but that the policy itself is not in...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfcous.com Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is scheduled to release the county’s 2015-2016 Budget proposal this morning just as The Focus hits the streets. In a meeting Thursday the Focus learned a few things that will be in Burchett’s address...
by design | May 10, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Seymour Volunteer Fire Department Graduates Volunteers To Serve Seymour’s Tri-County Community The Seymour Volunteer Fire Department has trained 15 new recruits to become interior firefighters. These men and women have devoted a combined total over 2,400 hours, which...
by design | May 10, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfcous.com Affordable & Unique Home Accents and MD Interiors is a new business in Powell TN. They are located in the same building at 1904 West Emory Rd. The businesses are owned by Teresa Harper, a 46-year-old Knoxville/Powell native....
by design | May 10, 2015 | Archives
Community Schools: Part 4 By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com For our final segment on Community Schools, The Focus visited Green Magnet Academy and met with Community Resource Coordinator Destiny Glover. Green is completing year two as a Community School....
by Ray Hill | May 10, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Colorful characters are as much a part of the old West as tumbleweeds. Key Pittman was certainly a colorful character. Pittman caused a stir by using his silver handled revolver to shoot out streetlights while on a drinking spree. In fact, Key Pittman’s...
by design | May 10, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay All good things must come to an end. Thus was the case for South-Doyle’s boys soccer team Wednesday night when the Cherokees saw their magical season come to a halt with a 3-0 loss to Morristown West in the District 2-AAA Tournament semifinals at Billy K....
