by Steve Williams | Mar 23, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The opening day of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament is why they call it March Madness. Thirteen hours of close games, upsets, emotion and controversy. I was among those who picked Iowa State to go a long way in the tourney – to the Elite...
by design | Mar 22, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Volunteers needed for Ijams River Rescue Over the past several months, The Focus has been documenting the pollution problem of our Tennessee waterways on 24×7.knoxfocus.com. We will continue to document the water conditions on an ongoing basis. With recent...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Most folks are aware that the Knox County Board of Education has been dithering about whether or not to sue the State of Tennessee, along with the three other big urban counties – – – Shelby, Davidson, and Hamilton. Shelby and...
by design | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives
By Focus Staff The City of Knoxville recognized “Transit Driver Appreciation Day” on last Wednesday at Knoxville Station’s bus platform. Mayor Madeline Rogero proclaimed March 18th as “Knoxville Area Transit Driver Appreciation Day” in Knoxville. She honored two of...
by Ray Hill | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Huey Long’s rise to power began with his election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He ran a surprisingly strong race for the gubernatorial nomination in 1924 when only thirty years old, but lost to Henry Fuqua. Governor Fuqua died two years...
by design | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives
By Steve Williams Attention, Holly Warlick. Maurice Clark had a girl on his undefeated East Knoxville Athletic Association 8-under basketball team this season who he says warrants keeping tabs on. Warlick, Tennessee’s coach, might want to make a note of that. Iryana...
by design | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay Powell High School baseball coach Jay Scarbro finally saw his squad put it all together Wednesday night and the result was a second victory in as many days for the Panthers. “Tonight, we were finally able to get some clutch hits,” Scarbro said after Powell...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher With the 109th General Assembly well underway, there is good, bad, and ugly with regard to education bills. First the good: HB0036 (Dunn)/SB0285 (Briggs) removes the requirement that the local education authority (LEA) must include student scores in a...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Year Round School. The school-wide meetings are underway regarding a proposed Year Round (or “Balanced”) Calendar. The list of meetings can be found here: http://www.knoxschools.org/domain/4273. Note that many of the meetings are already over, and...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law On March 10, 2015 the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury approved the sale of a powdered alcohol product called Palcohol. Palcohol had previously been approved for...
