by design | Jan 13, 2013 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s entire paper. Massey appointed Chairman of Senate Calendar Committee State Senator Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville) has been appointed Chairman of the Senate Calendar Committee. The announcement was made by Lt. Governor Ron...
by design | Jan 13, 2013 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
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by design | Jan 13, 2013 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com Bill Wright coached the University of Tennessee’s baseball team from 1963 until 1981. The program’s longest tenured coach, he is a member of six different halls of fame. Although long before he led the Vols baseball team, he was...
by Ray Hill | Jan 13, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few men have lived as colorful and productive a life as did William Gibbs McAdoo, who was, incidentally, a one-time resident of Knoxville. A lawyer, businessman, son-in-law of a President of the United States, member of a President’s Cabinet, U.S....
by design | Jan 13, 2013 | Archives
Twenty juniors at Austin-East High School are gaining an edge for taking the ACT college entrance test through Knox County Schools on March 19 by participating in a pilot program offered in cooperation with Emerald Youth Foundation. The Emerald Youth Austin-East ACT...
by design | Jan 12, 2013 | Archives
Officials with Tennova Healthcare announced the option to purchase property on Middlebrook Pike near Old Weisgarber Road, one of the fastest growing areas of Knox County. Tennova will form an exploratory team of key stakeholders, through Tennova’s Metro Knoxville...
by design | Jan 11, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
The Focus has abstained from taking an official position on the proposed James White Parkway Extension while many other civic groups, news organizations, and elected officials have spoken out against it. We began our coverage in the weeks prior to the public forum...
by design | Jan 10, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
“The Cuonzo Martin TV Show” tips off this Saturday, Jan. 12, with exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage of the Tennessee basketball team, which is looking to build off an impressive 2012 SEC campaign. Viewers in Knoxville can tune to WVLT-TV CBS Ch. 8 (Saturday, 11:00...
by design | Jan 10, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
MAYOR ROGERO NAMES PUBLIC FACILITIES DIRECTOR Mayor Madeline Rogero today announced the hiring of Greg Mackay as Director of Public Assembly Facilities. Mackay, former Administrator of the Knox County Election Commission and a former real estate broker,...
by design | Jan 10, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
State Senator Becky Massey has been appointed to Chairwoman of the Calendar Committee and will also serve on the Transportation Committee and the Government Operations Committee and the Health and Welfare Committee. State Representative Ryan Haynes has been appointed...
