by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Major
School Portraits By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They are often found in wallets and scrapbooks and serve as reminders of our school days. There was a time when cameras were rare and formal photos were seldom made, so school portraits taken at school were a big...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
Music is good for the soul By Joe Rector Amy and I returned from Hendersonville last weekend. We’re tired of the raceway better known as I-40, so we’ve begun taking the scenic route. Through Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs takes us to Highway 27, where we cruise on down...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
An important question By Tom Mattingly My wife and I celebrated a significant milestone in the 2022 season-opening game against Ball State. Each of us celebrated our 50th anniversary as season ticket holders, dating from the first game of the 1972 season, the 28-21...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | The Daily Focus
City Looks For Input on Annual Performance and Evaluation Report ~ from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhood Empowerment, The City is looking for public input on a draft of its 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Public Notice
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: WARREN ALEXANDER BRINDEL IN RE: MATTHEW FRANKLIN BRINDEL v. WARREN ALEXANDER BRINDEL 205341-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this Cause, it appearing from the Complaint filed, which is sworn to, that the defendant...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Pat Julian relishes relationships from time at Halls Former athletic trainer to be inducted into Road to Fame By Steve Williams Halls High athletics’ fourth annual Road to Fame class is a diverse group as it includes athletes, a coach and a trainer who spent 15...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Back to the Basics Needed at Knox County Schools Nobody can be happy with the State of Tennessee’s assessment our school system was in the bottom 5% of all state school districts last year. That ranking is based on things like...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
State recognizes the Everly Brothers Park By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com They only lived in Knoxville for a brief two years but the impact they had on our region and the nation is astounding. The singing brothers combined country with rock and roll...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Burning Down Washington, D.C. By Ray Hill Those cities which are also capitols for their respective countries are always highly cognizant of several things, not the least of which are social status and one’s address. In 1922, one of the more elegant and desirable...
by design | Sep 18, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rivera off to winning start in cross country By Steve Williams Savannah Rivera, who has become one of Knoxville’s top cross country runners in her prep career, began her senior season with a victory. A two-time Home School National champion, Rivera took first place in...
