by design | Aug 19, 2012 | Archives
By Curtis Trotter Resilience is an asset most coaches love to have late in any football season. Bouncing back from deficits is huge to a team that has play-off intentions. Friday night at Karns High School, South Doyle head coach Clark Duncan experienced that same...
by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
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by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff Voters were asked the question, “Knox County Commissioner Mike Hammond has proposed using county tax dollars to conduct an employee survey of Knox County school teachers. Do you think this is an appropriate use of county tax dollars?” A little over...
by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archives
By Focus Staff Ritta Elementary School has long been plagued by traffic problems for those parents picking up and dropping off children. For years Washington Pike has been clogged with traffic at the peak times for when school opens in the morning and closes during...
by Ray Hill | Aug 12, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill E. H. Crump, leader of the Shelby County political machine, had been bitterly disappointed by his favored candidate for the 1936 gubernatorial nomination, Gordon Browning. Crump and U. S. Senator Kenneth McKellar had disagreed over the gubernatorial...
by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archives
Boomsday is celebrating its 25th Anniversary next month and fireworks are not the only thing that will light up the sky. An exciting announcement was made last Thursday as officials from the City of Knoxville, Reily Foods, Knox Heritage, and Visit Knoxville announced...
by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archives
By Curtis Trotter Size has seemed to be a problem for the Seymour Eagles during the last few seasons. Not only are they the smallest school that competes in District 2-AAA student-wise, but the offensive and defensive lines have had to battle fearlessly in the...
by design | Aug 12, 2012 | Archived Editions, Archives
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by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archived Editions, Archives
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by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff This week’s Knoxville Focus poll asked the question whether voters prefer direct election of judges or the current “retain or replace” method of ratifying judges. Over 66% of likely voters favored direct election of judges, although several districts...
