by design | Jan 10, 2015 | Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The search for a new Executive Director of the Metropolitan Planning Commission took a step last week. December 31st was the deadline for applications and now the selection got to a search committee made up of people chosen by Knoxville Mayor Madeline...
by design | Jan 9, 2015 | Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
KNOXVILLE—President Obama will announce today that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will lead the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, or IACMI, a $259 million public-private partnership. The Institute reflects a $70 million commitment...
by design | Jan 9, 2015 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
Mayor Ralph McGill is awesome! Nobody can ever say this Mayor is star struck! My email to him and his back to me! At Jan 9, 2015, 1:31:12 AM, Dan Andrews<‘andrewsd@knoxfocus.com’> wrote: Just checking, did the Town of Farragut get invited to the...
by design | Jan 6, 2015 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
KTA to elect officers By Mike Steely The Knoxville Transit Authority, made up of members appointed by the city mayor, will elect a new chair, vice-chair, and a recording secretary in their January meeting. In a brief regular meeting Thursday the...
by design | Jan 6, 2015 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
*Please note that on Friday, the President of the United States will also be in town! Launch Update http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ During the terminal count engineers observed drift on one of the two thrust vector actuators on the second stage that would likely have...
by design | Jan 5, 2015 | Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vivian J. Calloway Docket Number 75771-2 Notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of December, 2014, letters testamentary in respect of the Estate of Vivian J. Calloway who died Nov 14, 2014, were issued the undersigned by the Clerk...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 5, 2015 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The smartest guy in the room… well, the guy who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room… he’s never really the smartest guy in the room, you know? The smartest guy in the room is actually so smart that he makes sure that no one knows that he is the...
by Steve Williams | Jan 5, 2015 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day has long been a tradition in the South. Legend has it the bean-like dish helps bring good luck. This year, for dessert, many Southeastern Conference football fans could have finished their first meal of 2015...
by design | Jan 5, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com This month The Focus will be presenting a series on Special Education. This is a topic that few of us think about, unless we have a child with special needs. Sadly, many regular and even special education...
by design | Jan 5, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The week before Christmas, Gov. Bill Haslam announced that he was appointing Dr. Candice McQueen to serve as Tennessee Commissioner of Education, ending weeks of speculation about who would replace outgoing Commissioner Kevin Huffman. After watching...
