by Tom Mattingly | Apr 26, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly A great many interesting things go on in the visiting team’s locker room area after the game is over. Tennessee fans see visiting teams trot onto the field to a scattered chorus of boos, but that’s just part of the story. There’s drama underneath the...
by design | Apr 26, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be hosting its first Third Creek Clean Paddle on May 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event will kick off at the UT Gardens, 2518 Jacob Drive. The Third Creek Clean Paddle will be a land and water cleanup of Third Creek and...
by design | Apr 26, 2021 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES NON-RESIDENT NOTICE TO: SARAH ELIZABETH MARSHALL IN RE: MARK LELAND MARSHALL v. SARAH ELIZABETH MARSHALL 201156-2 IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE In this cause appearing from the verified complaint filed the...
by Ray Hill | Apr 25, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Remembering Senator Bill Brock By Ray Hill Bill Brock died March 25, 2021 of pneumonia while in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brock was one of the founders of Tennessee’s modern Republican Party and he had a great deal to do with turning the Volunteer State into a...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 25, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley We Need To Get This Right Local media has been consumed by the story of the shooting of Austin-East student Anthony Thompson. Some readers will remember when Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon called a hasty press conference in a city park in twenty...
by design | Apr 25, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The zoning request for higher density along Merchant Drive was changed by the Knoxville City Council Tuesday at the request of Norwood community homeowners. Hilton Capital Group, represented by Benjamin C....
by Ray Hill | Apr 25, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill By 1930, Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, had served for a decade in the House of Representatives. Reece had defeated an incumbent who had also served for ten years in Congress to win the Republican nomination in...
by design | Apr 25, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Grace Christian Academy senior Hannah Cooper gives the softball a ride during a game this year. Photo by Mark Cooper. By Steve Williams Who are the top teams on the local high school softball scene this season? Right now that answer would have to be Farragut....
by design | Apr 25, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Berean Christian has won its first tennis match in school history. The Lady Eagles defeated Samuel Everett School of Innovation 4-3 at John Sevier Park in Maryville on April 22. Breanna Edington, Raygan Robertson and Maddie Dyer won their singles...
by design | Apr 25, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Kindergarten Readiness Workshop The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is launching a new virtual Kindergarten Readiness Workshop. This free event is open to all parents/guardians of children that will enter kindergarten in 2021...
