by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee Valley Fair kicks off 103rd year By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Tennessee Valley Fair kicked off its 103-year Friday at Chilhowee Park with a large crowd of elected officials, fair supporters and interested citizens. Andy Holt, a...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Gloria Johnson Off and Running Gloria Johnson made it official, she’s running for the U.S. Senate against Senator Marsha Blackburn. Johnson is heavily relying on the Covenant shootings, the expulsions from the Tennessee House of Representatives of the...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Football mom to be on the road for 12 games By Steve Williams If there’s ever recognition for Best Moms who support their sons in football, EuGenie Latham should be the captain. It’s tough for a football mom who now has three sons playing college football on three...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
E. W. Marland of Oklahoma By Ray Hill The life story of Ernest Whitworth Marland is a tale of the rise and fall of an American businessman and politician like a Hollywood movie. It is the story of rising to amazing heights and falling just as far. Marland made an...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Smith and Archdale win CC titles in Fall Classic By Steve Williams Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic and Hardin Valley Academy’s Maddie Archdale took first place in the boys’ and girls’ 5K cross-country races, respectively, in the Victor Ashe Park Fall Classic...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Hot Halls hammers Hardin Valley, 31-0 By Steve Williams In the Battle of the “H” Friday night, Halls halted Hardin Valley 31-0. In fact, the showdown of two 3-0 teams turned into a lower case. Sophomore quarterback Amari Lethgo threw three touchdown passes and the Red...
by design | Sep 10, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Agricultural lands being zoned for housing in Knox County By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com While the City of Knoxville struggles to find empty or available property to build houses, apartments and duplexes, Knox County still has an abundance of open...
by design | Sep 9, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Investiture Ceremony Held For New Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Tarwater Nashville – Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight E. Tarwater received a warm welcome to the bench this week when family, friends, colleagues, elected officials, and the judiciary joined...
by design | Sep 8, 2023 | The Daily Focus
September is National Food Safety Education Month KCHD’s Food Protection Division is working to keep the community safe Knoxville, Tenn.—While you enjoy the thrill of the TN Valley Fair and game day at Neyland Stadium, the Knox County Health Department’s Food...
by design | Sep 7, 2023 | The Daily Focus
A study at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center aims to develop a new way to treat ischemic stroke, a leading cause of death in adults worldwide. The study is funded by a $1,155,000 translational grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders...
