by design | May 4, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson You have to be careful what you say around children. Their minds are like sponges, absorbing the world around them, even though at times it may seem difficult to get their attention. The other day I was trying to get Oakley’s attention and...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Public Notice
foreclosure notices notice of SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on June 1, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event Met With Great Success More than 1,000 people attended the 2015 Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event April 30-May 1 at various historic sites and downtown Knoxville. Attendees from 27 states like Colorado, New...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Archives
By Dan Andrews City of Knoxville Fire Chief Stan Sharp confirmed to The Knoxville Focus that the Mayor’s City budget is proposing to include twenty ‘perfect CPR machines.’ The official name of the device is the “Lucas Chest Compression...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher When South Knoxville resident Victoria DeFreese had the opportunity to attend the Computers in Libraries 2015 Conference in Washington DC last week, she jumped at the chance. And when she decided to take along her 13 year old son James and his best...
by Ray Hill | May 3, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Joseph Taylor Robinson was Majority Leader of the United States Senate during the first one hundred days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. Few politicians have enjoyed the breadth and length of the career Joe T. Robinson had in Arkansas. A...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Archives
By Dan Andrews Over the years, the neighborhood community watch program has given people the ability to coordinate a proactive preventative response to a potential crime being committed in their neighborhood. The groups would do this by manually gathering...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Archives
By Alex Norman Five weeks and 15 practices are over, and now the long wait for the 2015 season begins for Tennessee. On Saturday, April 25th, the Vols played their annual Orange & White Game in front an announced crowd (sarcastic cough) of 63,016. So what did we...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Archives
On Sunday, May 3, 2015, Ron Leadbetter, held a book signing event at his home. His book “Big Orange, Black Storm Clouds and More: A History of the University of Tennessee.” Ron Leadbetter is a retired Associate General Counsel for the University of...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams On a night when the weather felt more like football season, four members of Fulton High’s 2014 state football championship team combined to win the 4×100 relay event in the Knoxville Interscholastic League Track and Field Meet April 28. “It...
