by Steve Williams | Mar 10, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Basketball referees are human. They make mistakes. I know. I’ve made a few in my time. Fortunately, the rule book allows for some mistakes to be corrected. But a referee has to own up to his or her error, before this can happen. In a Class AA girls...
by Joe Rector | Mar 10, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector She arrived after several other customers on that Sunday. The vet’s office didn’t open until 5:00 p.m., and all of us were there to pick up our pets. This young woman jumped out of her car, and as soon as the door opened, she rushed to the counter...
by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. Rountree Kicks Off Campaign For School Board By Focus Staff Amber Rountree kicked off her campaign for the Knox County Board of Education last Tuesday night at the Round Up Restaurant in South Knoxville. The Round Up is...
by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
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by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com In the past 30 years, no area in Knox County has grown faster than West Knoxville. Stretching from the UT Campus to the Loudon County line, the area has blossomed with subdivisions, apartments, shopping centers, malls, theaters,...
by Ray Hill | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s Estes Kefauver had won more primaries and votes than any other contender for the 1952 Democratic presidential nomination, yet he journeyed to Chicago uncertain of the outcome. One thing was certainly clear: he was bitterly opposed by President...
by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com You would be really surprised at Mud Pies and Music on Clinton Highway in Powell. The daycare is much more than just a daycare. Founded in 1994 by Kara McKamey, the building was once medical offices owned by the Oak Ridge Hospital....
by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Williams When Carter arrives at the TSSAA Boys’ State tournament in Murfreesboro this week, Coach Joby Boydstone doesn’t plan to change a thing. His team will continue to run and won’t stop until crowned or eliminated. “Run, press and forget the rest,”...
by design | Mar 9, 2014 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
Emerald Charter Schools will host public meetings on March 11 and March 25 about its proposed public charter school, Emerald Academy. The meetings are open, but some require advance registration. The first group of meetings, on Tuesday, March 11, will be in...
by design | Mar 8, 2014 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
With the threat of an election behind him, it appears Mayor Burchett is continuing to focus on new ideas, new strategies, and new creative innovating thinking to help grow business in Knox County. In what is the latest idea to come out of the Mayor’s office is...
