by design | Apr 7, 2024 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Something is happening at Melton Hill Park By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Atop the hill overlooking the waterfront at Knox County’s Melton Hill Park are several pieces of new playground equipment waiting to be installed. It seems sort of lonely to...
by design | Apr 7, 2024 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Not nearly enough wrong to fire Coach Harper By Steve Williams Did Danny White do his homework on Kellie Harper the coach before firing her? Sure the UT athletic director knew she had played on three national title teams for the legendary Pat Summitt in the 1990s, but...
by design | Apr 7, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Statistical Profile of the March 5, 2024 Presidential Preference/Knox County Primary Election And Knox County Elections 101 ~ from the Knox County Election Commission With the results of the March 5, 2024 election certified, the Election Commission is...
by design | Apr 6, 2024 | The Daily Focus
TDOT Announces West Knoxville Corridor Strategy Comprehensive Approach to Improve Safety and Mobility KNOXVILLE – To find solutions to congestion issues in and around Knoxville, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced its Comprehensive...
by design | Apr 5, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Author Erik Larson to speak at Bijou Theatre May 13 KNOXVILLE — Friends of the Knox County Public Library and Union Ave Books are excited to welcome author Erik Larson to Knoxville on Monday, May 13. The 7 p.m. event at the Bijou Theatre will celebrate the release of...
by design | Apr 4, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Boy Scouts of America Partners with Nobody Trashes Tennessee The Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) Nobody Trashes Tennessee (NTT) litter prevention campaign is once again expanding its youth group partnerships. All six Boy Scouts of America councils...
by design | Apr 3, 2024 | The Daily Focus
TN AG SKRMETTI DEFENDS TENNESSEE CONSUMERS FROM PREDATORY PERSONAL LENDING COMPANY NASHVILLE – On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of...
by design | Apr 3, 2024 | The Daily Focus
16TH ANNUAL CHALK WALK RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE April 1, 2024 [Knoxville, Tennessee] – Knoxville’s favorite live art competition is back! Dogwood Arts will host the 16th Annual Chalk Walk from 8AM-7:30PM in Downtown Knoxville on Saturday, April 6th....
by design | Apr 2, 2024 | The Daily Focus
KAT Reimagined Detailed Routes and Schedules now available for review The public is encouraged to review the detailed maps and schedules of the KAT Reimagined network, which the Knoxville Transportation Authority (KTA) will vote on at their April 25th regular...
by design | Apr 1, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Firing Of Ronna McDaniel Shows Bias, Hatred Of MSNBC By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com During my senior year at U.T. (1968-69) I was a fulltime reporter for our morning daily newspaper, The Knoxville Journal. In those years it seemed that the Journal gave...
