by Steve Hunley | Mar 15, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The Tennessee School Board Association is busy pedaling an editorial written by the Executive Director of the TSBA for publication all across the state. The education bureaucrats are panicking, as it appears the Tennessee General Assembly will finally...
by Ray Hill | Mar 15, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Two of the most successful politicians of the same era, Huey Pierce Long and Franklin Delano Roosevelt could hardly have been more different. The handsome, courtly Roosevelt was the scion of a famous and wealthy family, the coddled and adored only...
by design | Mar 15, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Nothing has changed but the name at one of North Knoxville’s most popular salons. Owner Erin Goode says that the salon at 3501 Tazewell Pike, formerly known as Salon Mira Mira, is now the Symmetry Salon. “We still have the same...
by design | Mar 15, 2015 | Archives
By Ken Lay Bearden High School’s baseball team got off to a fast start Thursday night but had to nab a walk-off victory against Sequoyah. The Bulldogs, who scored six runs in the first two-innings, notched an early-season 10-9 victory over the Chiefs when Brock Vaughn...
by design | Mar 13, 2015 | Knox County, Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely It’s not quite back to square one for a new radio system for the Knox County Emergency Communications District, but the board has voted to delay a final decision on the proposed $ 9 million contract bid from Harris Corp while more information...
by Joe Rector | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Everywhere I go this winter, I run into folks who are wheezing and sniffing and sneezing and coughing. This year seems to have brought with it plenty of snow, frigid temperatures, and COLDS. The television is bursting with advertisements for medicines...
by design | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore When I was ten years old, I was walking down a street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when a sweet young lady asked if I would like to go to Sunday School at her church. I said “sure” and that started my love affair with the Mennonite church that continued...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major As their two-week old baby was wheeled away to surgery, his parents pondered all that had happened. In a span of thirty minutes, Rachael and Drew Cope were told that their baby had a blockage, he was being prepped for surgery, and the results of the...
by Steve Williams | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I’ve been covering high school basketball in the Knoxville area for over 40 years, and Carter High School’s Jordan Bowden is one of the most exciting players I’ve seen play the game. Bowden is a 6-4 senior who is listed on the 2014-15 Runnin Hornets...
by design | Mar 9, 2015 | Public Notice
75 FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 21, 2003, executed by ROBERT N. BUCKNER AND TINA M. BUCKNER, conveying certain real property...
