by design | Jul 28, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Tennessee Assistant Commissioner of Education Kathleen Airhart was in Knoxville last week. Eighth District Board of Education member Mike McMillan worked with Representative Harry Brooks to invite Dr. Airhart to speak about state requirements for K-12...
by design | Jul 28, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County School Board District 5 Representative Karen Carson will host a community input session on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 6 p.m., West Valley Middle School (9118 George Williams Road), to discuss the proposed Knox County Schools five-year strategic plan. Anyone...
by design | Jul 28, 2014 | sports, The Daily Focus
On Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9, the 2014 Russell Biven Summer Clayfest Tournament will take place at Chilhowee Sportsman’s Club in Maryville, TN. WBIR’s Russell Biven will host and participate in the event. All proceeds from the tournament benefit...
by design | Jul 27, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Jovan Haye played for the National Football League for seven years, including three years with the Tampa Buccaneers and two years with the Tennessee Titans. Only 9 in 10,000 high school senior football players ever play for the NFL. But first, Haye had...
by design | Jul 27, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Passion, experience provide fuel for incumbent judge By Ken Lay Interpreting the law has become a passion for Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. He’s spent nearly three decades as a Knox County Circuit Court Judge since being...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Voters are already going to the polls and few races are as important as those for the Knox County Board of Education. That is especially true when one considers fully two thirds of every tax dollar in Knox County is spent on schools. In the race for...
by Mike Steely | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives, Steely
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Why are Knox County and East Tennessee so “Sevier?” The region can boast Sevier neighborhoods, Sevierville Highway, the Sevier Homestead, Sevier County, various Sevier Avenues and Streets, Sevier Heights, and Sevier Fuels, just to...
by Ray Hill | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For years, Ben W. Hooper was the most successful Republican politician in the state of Tennessee, if the measure was the ability to win a statewide election. A fiery and dynamic speaker, Hooper was a successful lawyer, yet he had overcome serious adversity...
by design | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We like giving back to the community,” said Melissa Asher. Asher is a massage therapist who works with Dr. Lisa Beighle at Mountain View Chiropractic in Seymour. The two women saw a closed coffee and ice cream shop on Chapman...
by design | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams The Karns Little League All-Stars tasted victory and defeat en route to the championship finals of the state tournament last week. After three straight one-sided wins, Karns steamrolled into a showdown with defending champion South Nashville...
