by design | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission will receive a proposal Monday that recommends that Family Pride Corporation of Loudon be awarded the bid for Old Knoxville High School. Family Pride’s president, Rick Dover, has remodeled and repurposed...
by design | Oct 6, 2013 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com More than 60 community supporters and ORNL Federal Credit Union (FCU) members and employees flocked to Smart Toys and Books in West Knoxville last week to participate in the 5th Small Business Counts cash mob presented by ORNL FCU....
by design | Oct 5, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
by design | Oct 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
All seven candidates running for Knoxville City Council will participate in a nonpartisan Candidate Forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Knoxville and Knox County. The League will hold the Forum on October 14th at 7:00 p.m. at the Cansler Family YMCA. The...
by design | Oct 1, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Who? The fight to end breast cancer starts with a single step. Take that step with us at the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Knoxville. Just a few hours at our family-friendly, non-competitive, 3 mile event will help bring a...
by design | Oct 1, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson Support Group of East TN will meet Tuesday, October 15 in Oak Ridge at Kern United Methodist Church, located at 451 East Tennessee Ave, in the Family Life Center from 11:30–1:30. This month’s topic will be “Cognitive changes in the Parkinson...
by design | Sep 30, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett released the following statement concerning the effect a possible federal government shutdown would have on Knox County: “Despite Washington’s inability to come to a consensus and address the government’s financial crisis, Knox...
by design | Sep 30, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
South Doyle Neighborhood Association Meeting October 1st, 7:00 p.m. Stock Creek Baptist Church Special Guest: Knox County Codes Enforcement Officers Roy Braden and Tony DeVaughan How this affects you: Dirty lots; dogs; erosion control; excessive noise; vacant,...
by design | Sep 30, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com According to information obtained by The Knoxville Focus through a Freedom of Information Act request, on July 17th, from 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero met with Knoxville Councilwoman Brenda...
by design | Sep 29, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. WUTK celebrates ‘College Radio Day’ with critical effort to keep station on air WUTK-FM 90.3 The Rock, the University of Tennessee’s award-winning radio station that serves as a lab for students, will be conducting an on-air...