by design | Apr 3, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For forty years, Brazilla Carroll Reece had been the congressman from the highly Republican First Congressional District of Tennessee with a few interruptions. Carroll Reece had first gone to Congress in 1920 after beating an entrenched incumbent in a...
by design | Apr 3, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Spring is here and the Dogwood Arts Festival has returned to Knoxville. The festival, an annual event in East Tennessee for nearly seven decades, officially kicked off Thursday afternoon at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Some gusty winds couldn’t temper the...
by design | Apr 3, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams When it comes to softball, Macy Belyea is like a Swiss Army knife. She’s very versatile. The Powell senior signed scholarship papers with Chattanooga State Community College in a ceremony at the PHS auditorium March 25. Belyea transferred to...
by design | Apr 3, 2022 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Early voting starts Wednesday, April 13 and runs through Thursday, April 28. This Knox County Primary has a huge number of offices on the ballot, everything from all judges down to school board races. The ballot has some 34 contests and much of the...
by design | Apr 2, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Several new features on the KCS website and YouTube channel will make it easier for students and families to receive updates, find information and learn about their school. Earlier this month, “Translate” buttons in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Swahili were added in...
by design | Apr 1, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Service Includes 100 Mbps Download Speeds, Modem and In-Home WiFi Charter Communications, Inc. today announced it is now offering Spectrum Internet 100 across virtually all of its entire 41-state service area. The new high-speed, low-cost broadband service provides...
by design | Mar 31, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Response includes meals and drinks for first responders The Salvation Army Knoxville Area Command responded to the Hatcher Mountain/Indigo Lane fire in the Wears Valley, Tennessee area Wednesday afternoon. The Knoxville command responded with their mobile canteen unit...
by design | Mar 31, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville’s favorite live art competition is back and in-person THIS SATURDAY, April 2nd! The event will feature over 100 artists in Market Square and extend down Market Street towards the East Tennessee Historical Society where you’ll find food trucks, a...
by design | Mar 30, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Dr. Joshua Zink, an assistant professor of music at Carson-Newman University, is among seven teachers receiving the 2022 Emerging Leaders Award. The honor is given by The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and recognizes early-career teachers of...
by design | Mar 29, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced appointments to three judicial positions across the state. “Each of these qualified Tennesseans will bring valuable experience to their respective roles,” said Gov. Lee. “I am confident they will serve our state with...
