by design | Jan 5, 2014 | Archives
By Ken Lay Austin Duncan might be the most soft-spoken basketball player in Knox County but he’s quietly providing some offensive punch for the Bearden Bulldogs lately. And it couldn’t come at a better time. Entering the season, veteran coach Mark Blevins...
by design | Jan 5, 2014 | Archives
Hardin Valley runner ranks among state’s best ever By Steve Williams Aaron Templeton is getting ready for the final lap in what already has been one of the best high school careers ever posted by a Tennessee cross country and track athlete. Although his last race...
by design | Dec 31, 2013 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
When: 11 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31st Where: Market Square Details: Hundreds of revelers are anticipated to watch a ball drop and fireworks, ushering in the 2014 new year. Earlier in the day, the Holidays on Ice skating rink will be open from 1...
by design | Dec 31, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Tennessee State Parks will sponsor free, guided hikes on New Year’s Day. Each state park will host its own special hike in the first few days of the New Year as part of the quarterly hikes program. “Our First Hikes have been very popular and we are excited to...
by design | Dec 25, 2013 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
The Candoro Arts & Heritage Center will be presenting a New Year’s Eve Dinner through their Candoro Dinner Series to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Candoro Marble Building at the former Candoro Marble Company in South Knoxville. Candoro was the largest...
by design | Dec 22, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
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by design | Dec 22, 2013 | Archives
By Steve Williams Reflecting on West’s 28-27 loss to Henry County in this year’s TSSAA Class 5A state football title game, Coach Scott Cummings, in an e-mail, said, “Story of the game may have been our defensive injuries. “Losing Max Bacon early was a killer. He was...
by Ray Hill | Dec 22, 2013 | 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...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 22, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It had buttons for its eyes and a red felt tongue. The little blue and white teddy bear has survived years of house cleanings. When other keepsakes were eventually discarded, the little blue bear always found its way back into our home and my heart....
by design | Dec 22, 2013 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@Knoxfocus.com “No one should go to bed hungry.” It’s a simple statement that everyone can agree with, yet we still have hunger. Jimmy Buckner and the Scarecrow Foundation are doing something about it. Over the past couple of years the non-profit...
