by design | Sep 2, 2013 | Archives
By Steve Williams Bearden won the first two minutes of its football showdown with Fulton Friday night, but after that it was all Falcons. The showdown turned into a blowout. Fulton, defending Class 4A state champion, left Bearden with a 52-0 win on its resume, its...
by design | Sep 2, 2013 | Archives
By Ken Lay The second day of the Bearden Invitational soccer tournament didn’t go well for its host team. The Lady Bulldogs surrendered a pair of first-half goals in a 3-1 loss to Germantown Houston Thursday night at Bruce Allender Field. The loss knocked Bearden,...
by design | Sep 2, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus
by design | Aug 27, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Mayor Rogero, in an effort to lead by example, braved steep terrain today in order to get a first-hand view of the newly donated 100 acres of property given by the Woods family to Legacy Parks. While on top of the hill a member of Legacy Parks...
by design | Aug 27, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
The 4th district city council race is rapidly heating up. On Sunday supporters of Rick Staples held an ice cream social. On Monday night supporters of Nick Della Volpe held a meet and greet at Litton’s. The race is in full...
by design | Aug 26, 2013 | From the publisher's desk, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley The media barrage has begun and Superintendent of Schools Jim McIntyre is doing his best to spin the drop in ACT scores in Knox County. Like a stressed circus poodle, Dr. McIntyre is spinning, jumping, and barking that the results don’t mean a thing in...
by design | Aug 25, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s Focus. TDOT meets with East Town area merchants By Tasha Mahurin Tasha@knoxfocus.com 4th District City Councilman Nick Della Volpe invited TDOT Region 1 Director Steve Borden and Knoxville Public Service Director David Brace...
by design | Aug 25, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll asked the question, “As a voter, do you consider yourself a Democrat, Republican or Independent?” Just over fifty percent of those polled said they consider themselves Republicans. Independents slightly outpolled...
by design | Aug 25, 2013 | Archives
This September, the nation’s largest Labor Day weekend Fireworks Festival will once again launch from the Henley Bridge for the first time in two years due to the construction and remodeling of the bridge since January 2011. Visit Knoxville, the Tennessee Department...