by design | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com The monthly meeting takes place at the Bearden Banquet Hall. However, the learning experience rivals the best lecture halls in all of academia. The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable Organization consists of members passionate about...
by design | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It is rare that any structure from the early settlement of Knox County still stands today. A few have, such as the Blount Mansion and the Nicholas Gibbs home, but many of the original homes have disappeared with the passage...
by Ray Hill | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Woodrow Wilson returned to America to face a hostile Republican Congress and a people tired of the war. Wilson believed if he could reach the American people, he could convince them the United States’ participation in the League of Nations was essential....
by design | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay Andrew Willis will soon begin his final season with the Gibbs High School team. He’ll do it with a huge weight off his shoulders. The Eagles’ senior left-handed pitcher and outfielder put an early end to his college recruiting process when he committed to...
by design | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives
10th ranked South-Doyle improves to 3-0 on the season By Bill Mynatt, Radio Voice of South-Doyle football on AM 620 WRJZ CherokeeRadioVoice@frontier.com Respect. That’s something that the South-Doyle Cherokee football team was looking for in a battle of 2-0 teams at...
by design | Sep 13, 2014 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely That was the answer by Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett during a taping of WBIR’s “Inside Tennessee” which aired Sunday morning. Asked by attorney Don Bosh if he feels the school superintendent “should be gone” the mayor answered “Yes, I do.”...
by design | Sep 10, 2014 | sports, The Daily Focus
How much revenue does the City of Knoxville take in on UTK Football home games? To answer that question, the Knoxville Focus, reached out to various city departments to get a better handle on the revenue number. Here are the responses we received…...
by design | Sep 9, 2014 | From the publisher's desk, The Daily Focus
Populists Versus Elitists By Steve Hunley I can’t help myself, but I have been thoroughly amused by the uproar about the “side” agreement between the superintendent of schools and the Knox County Board of Education. The Focus was writing about this two and a half...
by design | Sep 9, 2014 | Dan Andrews, Knoxville, The Daily Focus
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com On August 25, the Knox County Commission made the decision to repeal the county’s portion of the “amusement tax,” a tax that is applied only to ticket sales for University of Tennessee (UT) football and men’s and women’s...
