by design | Oct 9, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
For the fourth year, SEEED will be showcasing a wide variety of music genres at the Annual Music Harvest. Enjoy a nice fall evening on Market Square with free entertainment. The MC will be former Vol quarterback Sterling Henton. Kuumba Watoto Children’s Dance...
by design | Oct 9, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
The Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission will be presenting concepts for future land use, parks and transportation Thursday evening. The results of the meeting will lead to changes in the Central City Sector Plan. Concepts include a business park...
by design | Oct 9, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Meeting Reminder from the NKBPA: Friday, October 11, 2013, 7:45 AM, Washington Pike United Methodist Church, 2241 Washington Pike Breakfast Donated by All Occasions Catering. Join us for great networking, delicious breakfast, and a word from our guest speaker: Jeff...
by design | Oct 9, 2013 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
Knoxville, Tenn. — Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett released the following statement concerning TDOT’s announcement that the Henley Street Bridge will open to traffic on Oct. 17: “Finally, the Henley Street Bridge is reopening to traffic next Thursday, and this...
by design | Oct 7, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
A building on Knox Heritage’s “Fragile 15” list will be preserved as part of a proposal going before the Knox County Commission at the board’s October meeting, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett announced today. In addition to preserving the historic Knoxville High...
by design | Oct 7, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
A picturesque field near Corryton will transform into a Civil War battlefield as part of a four-day observance of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sanders, hosted by Knox County and the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable. The event will be held Oct. 10-13 in...
by design | Oct 6, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. The Civil War comes to life By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com One hundred and fifty years ago a bloody battle took place in Knoxville and on October 10, 11, 12 and 13, thousands of re-enactors and history-minded visitors...
by design | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
Click here to view the full results. By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll posed the question, “In your opinion, should the Superintendent of schools in Knox County be elected by the people or appointed by the school board?” Almost 72% of respondents...
by design | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives
By Dan Andrews andrewsd@knoxfocus.com Twenty-six buses, six trolleys, four specialized ADA transport vehicles, and an army of over sixty Knox Area Transit (KAT) employees- that is what it takes to transport tens of thousands of UT football fans on game day from four...
by Ray Hill | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill For more than a decade Leonidas Campbell Houk was the Congressman from Tennessee’s Second District. A man with neatly combed hair and a mustache that would have done justice to a Victorian villain; Houk was a popular political figure who tightly...
