by Steve Williams | May 19, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Not since the 1970s, when Tennessee signed Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King out of New York City, can I recall there being as much excitement over basketball recruiting as we’ve seen the past couple of weeks. New coach Donnie Tyndall had to work fast...
by Joe Rector | May 19, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector During my travels up and down the Interstate highways in Knoxville and surrounding areas, I’ve noticed the electronic signs that the state has erected. Just the other day, the message read, “Don’t text and drive; it’s against the law!” I’m sure doing so...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 19, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Tennessee Constitution, Article II, Section 28 permits the taxation of all real property, personal property or mixed. The Legislature is authorized to exempt from this property owned by the State, Counties, Cities or Towns. It may also exempt property used...
by design | May 18, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus online. Haslam signs ‘Tennessee Promise’ into law Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam held a ceremonial bill signing at Fulton High School last week for HB 2491/SB2471, the “Tennessee Promise.” The historic proposal, which was...
by design | May 18, 2014 | Archives
By David Klein Hosting an international student can be a very rewarding experience, both for the students and the host families. Often, friendships are made for life and students and host parents often view each other as second families. For the past school year, nine...
by design | May 18, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams Rebecca Story is not yet in high school, but she could be a high school state champion before the end of this week. Story is an 8th grader at Christian Academy of Knoxville, and with the middle school she attends being on the same campus as CAK’s...
by Ray Hill | May 18, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Just after the turn of the century, Tennessee’s Democratic Party became almost hopelessly fractured. The candidacies of two men helped to heal the deep divisions inside the Democratic Party in Tennessee: that of Kenneth D. McKellar for the United States...
by design | May 18, 2014 | Archives
The dogwood blooms are fading away, but already plans are being made for 2015. Chapman Highway Dogwood Trail will be the Featured Trail next spring and the neighborhoods are excitedly brainstorming the best ways to showcase one of the City’s oldest Trails. Lake Forest...
by design | May 18, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Let’s say you live inside the city limits of Knoxville and you are curious about what services you are paying for and how you can use them. If you are fairly new to Knoxville or lived here all your life there’s probably some...
by design | May 17, 2014 | Dan Andrews, News, The Daily Focus
Pretty cool moment yesterday. I was making my rounds throughout the City County Building and found out that a wedding would take place at 4pm. So I decided to swing by the office just to make sure that the...
