by Ralphine Major | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major In Memphis, Carol and Perry McGinnis had each other and a dream. They had little else—not even a car! Perry rode Memphis city buses to school; Carol rode them to work. But over time, things changed. It was July of 1959 and the last school quarter...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist
by Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling behavior aimed at gaining power in order to control an intimate partner. “It is not just about hitting and punching. It is a...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Gene Blaylock, a longtime firefighter who joined Rural/Metro Fire Department when it began its Knox County operations in 1977, has been named Knox County Fire Chief. Blaylock started his career as a firefighter at Station 26 on Strawberry Plains Pike and rose to the...
by design | Oct 13, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Click here to view this week’s Focus. A father takes a stand By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com Just over three years ago, Kirk Smalley was a construction worker living in Perkins, Oklahoma. His wife, Laura, worked in the cafeteria at a local school. Things...
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Summer is generally the season when most students enjoy time off from school activities, but it wasn’t the case for many Seymour High School choral students. This past summer, Matt Gainey, Lydia Ogle, and Hannah Williams auditioned for and were accepted into the...
by Ray Hill | Oct 13, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are quite a few things named for Horace Maynard in our community, not the least of which is Maynardville. Yet, few people seem to recall Horace Maynard, who was one of the masters of Tennessee’s rough and tumble politics before and after the Civil...
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Hardin Valley sweeps KIL cross country titles By Steve Williams After breezing to victory in the annual Knoxville Interscholastic League cross country meet and taking a few seconds to catch his breath, Aaron Templeton didn’t leave for the tent area. Instead, he stayed...
by design | Oct 13, 2013 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Dr. Jim McIntyre, Superintendent of Knox County Schools, joined members of the Halls Outdoor Classroom Committee to dedicate a new greenhouse cistern at Halls High School last week. “The new...
by design | Oct 11, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
The University of Tennessee is hosting its inaugural Male Summit Friday from 3-9 p.m. in the University Center’s Shiloh Room, and third-year men’s basketball head coach Cuonzo Martin is the event’s keynote speaker. Martin’s speech will focus on the things males...
