by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Law Director’s Race: Experience vs. Inexperience What does a candidate say when he has no record of success of any kind? For one thing, he doesn’t discuss any real issue, especially when he doesn’t grasp the duties of the office...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
ALL-KNOX COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM Mains is Player of the Year despite injuries Hernandez tabbed Coach of the Year By Steve Williams Sydney Mains has had multiple injuries in her high school basketball career at Knoxville Catholic but still managed to become one of...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Maine’s ‘Mr. Democrat’ Louis Jefferson Brann By Ray Hill Years ago, Maine was one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation. While Democrats there weren’t quite as rare as Republicans were in the South at the time, they were used to losing elections. Even...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
TDOE Designates 24 Reward Schools in Knox County By Ken Leinart Knox County Schools (KCS) announced 24 schools have earned “Reward School” status for the 2022-2023 school year. The announcement was made Thursday, Feb. 22, at Ritta Elementary School, which hosted the...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
February Knoxville Flea Market a huge success By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Flea Market’s recent move to the Chilhowee Park’s Jacob Building was hugely successful. The 250 vendor booths drew people from around the region and the...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Fountain City Town Hall Seeks Nominations For Honor Fountain City Day Awards Spring is around the corner, and Fountain City Town Hall is planning the annual Honor Fountain City Day event on Memorial Day. This year’s theme will honor all the community service...
by design | Feb 24, 2024 | The Daily Focus
TENNESSEE GRANTED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST NCAA’S ILLEGAL NIL-RECRUITMENT BAN NASHVILLE- Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the followed statement after the Eastern District Court of Tennessee granted the state’s preliminary injunction...
by design | Feb 23, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Trees Knoxville Hosts February Community Workday Trees Knoxville is holding their first Community Workday of the year this Saturday, Feb. 24, from 12-3 p.m. at Beardsley Farm, 1741 Reynolds St. The workday will be focused on preparing beds for spring planting! They...
by design | Feb 22, 2024 | The Daily Focus
State of Tennessee: Carson-Newman “exceeds expectations” in latest Board of Education report (Feb. 19, 2024) JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman University’s Education Department received news worth celebrating courtesy of the State of Tennessee. The Board of...
by design | Feb 21, 2024 | The Daily Focus
March 5, 2024 Presidential Preference/Knox County Primary: Statistics and Important Information at the Halfway Point of Early Voting ~ from the Knox County Election Commission Knoxville – At the halfway mark (six days of twelve) of early voting for the March...
