by design | May 4, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay SEYMOUR—Patrick Doyle couldn’t be prouder of his Seymour High School girls lacrosse team. “Seymour players have become very attractive to coaches in this region,” Doyle said after six of his athletes signed National Letters of Intent to continue...
by design | May 2, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
Knox County Parks and Recreation will open its splash pads for the 2014 season on Saturday, May 3. Splash pads are automated water playgrounds for kids of all ages. Knox County’s splash pads are located at three parks: Carl Cowan Park, New Harvest Park and...
by design | May 1, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Clean Water Network will be speaking against a proposed discharge permit for a coal strip-mining operation in Claiborne County at a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation public meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the TDEC’s Knoxville...
by design | May 1, 2014 | Knoxville, music, The Daily Focus
Winner receives recording trip to Nashville Knox County Schools Career Technical Education (CTE) program is hosting its fourth annual “CTE goes Live” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2 on Market Square. The event will be broadcast LIVE on MyVLT. The winner will receive a...
by design | May 1, 2014 | Knox County, Knoxville, music, The Daily Focus
What: Vestival: South Knoxville’s Art & Heritage Festival When: Saturday, May 10, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Candoro Arts & Heritage Center at the historic Candoro Marble Company site (4450 Candora Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920) How much: Suggested $5 per...
by design | Apr 30, 2014 | sports, The Daily Focus
Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall formally announced his full-time coaching staff Wednesday. Al Pinkins, Adam Howard and Chris Shumate have been named assistant coaches. Jareem Dowling will serve as director of player development, and Justin Phelps is...
by design | Apr 30, 2014 | Knoxville, music, The Daily Focus
Because of expected low temperatures, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra “Symphony on the Square” concert scheduled for Thursday, May 1, will move from Market Square to the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay St. The concert, sponsored by Home Federal Bank, will still...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 28, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman A week after Cuonzo Martin resigned, Tennessee hired Donnie Tyndall as the 19th men’s basketball coach in program history. “I’m humbled to be your coach,” said Tyndall in his introductory press conference on Tuesday, April 22nd in front of media,...
by Steve Williams | Apr 28, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s so interesting how fast the dominoes can fall. Auburn snatched up Bruce Pearl before Tennessee could have if it wanted. Cuonzo Martin left for the calmer pastures of California. Eleven-year-old Grace Tyndall sent her dad a text message: THE...
