by design | Dec 14, 2014 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Bearden High School soccer coach Ryan Radcliffe saw his dream come true Tuesday night at Bruce Allender Field. “I always set my goals high,” Radcliffe said before Bearden High School unveiled its new locker room facilities. “These kids come here and take...
by design | Dec 14, 2014 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Tennessee historian and co-chair of the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, Dr. Carroll Van West, could not have said it better: “This is a great day, a kick off to several months of programs, projects, events and...
by design | Dec 14, 2014 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay A 6-6 tie left both the Farragut High School hockey club and the Knoxville Knights feeling a little disappointed Thursday night. Neither team was happy with the draw but Farragut coach Jeff Lindsay was especially dejected. “We had too many stupid penalties...
by design | Dec 10, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Talk about your festive holiday spirit! Friday’s Xfinity Christmas at Chilhowee Park boasts everything from 98 lighted trees to a 440-foot-long lighted tunnel to train rides, hayrides, roasted marshmallows and, of course, Old St. Nick. Xfinity Christmas...
by design | Dec 10, 2014 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
TDS Telecom bringing 1Gig Internet to Georgia and more Tennessee communities December 09, 2014 Customers gain access to fiber network; company expands TDS TV service within city limits. Residents in Farragut, Concord, and Halls, Tenn. and St. Marys, Ga., now...
by design | Dec 8, 2014 | Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Benny Carroll Moody Docket Number 75660-2 Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of November, 2014, letters testamentary in respect of the Estate of Benny Carroll Moody who died Oct 16, 2014, were issued the undersigned by the Clerk...
by design | Dec 8, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a grandfather and a writer I know words are important. My grandson’s use of words is increasing rapidly, and he now expresses his desires in sentences instead of a baby’s cry. And when I write for the Focus my readers and I share a common...
by Steve Williams | Dec 8, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I’ve heard reports University of Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart will be giving head football coach Butch Jones a contract extension and pay raise this week. From a financial standpoint, wouldn’t it make more sense to wait and see how Jones’...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 8, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was the perfect start to a December day—the sighting of a baby deer in the field outside our barn. Beauty abounds in nature this time of year, and it falls in place with the spirit of the season. Christmas is everywhere! You...
