by design | Apr 12, 2021 | The Daily Focus
This Saturday, April 17, Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be hosting its 5th annual South Knoxville Community Cleanup from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Cleanups will take place throughout South Knoxville. Leaders from various South Knoxville neighborhoods, businesses,...
by design | Apr 11, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee Tutoring Corps to expand this summer The Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation, in partnership with youth-serving organizations across Tennessee, last week launched the second year of the statewide Tennessee Tutoring Corps program to provide summer learning...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 11, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Some Time Republican Former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe has openly called for a primary challenger to oppose County Commissioner Kyle Ward. As I recall, Ward defeated a well-heeled primary challenger in Scott Broyles. In fact, Broyles was the choice of...
by design | Apr 11, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com There is a city council election this year and five of the nine members are up for re-election and each incumbent has picked up a campaign petition. March 22 was the first day to pick up a petition and May 20 is the...
by Ray Hill | Apr 11, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lyndon Johnson once called Estes Kefauver, “The greatest campaigner of them all.” Kefauver was no silver-tongued orator; in fact, he was oftentimes tongue-tied and frequently mangled names and phrases. Yet Estes Kefauver likely had no peer as a...
by Tom Mattingly | Apr 11, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly What is the greatest run in Tennessee football history? Opinions vary. If Hank Lauricella’ s 75-yard run in the first quarter of the 1951 Cotton Bowl game against Texas is No. 1, Johnny Butler’s run against Alabama in 1939 is 1a, and Jay Graham’s...
by design | Apr 11, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Austin-East’s sweep in the four relay events led the way to the boys’ team title last week in the annual Roadrunner Invitational at A-E. The most exciting of the relay victories was the 4×200. The Roadrunners nosed out West by two-hundredths of...
by design | Apr 11, 2021 | The Daily Focus
~ from the Office of Neighborhoods The weather is warming up, why not dust off your bicycle and enjoy the sunshine! To help show bikeable and walkable routes, explore City projects, and give an opportunity to get to know your local policy makers, Bike Walk...
by design | Apr 10, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Knox Senior Co-Ed Softball is celebrating the start of the season and seniors are invited to come out and have some fun and exercise!
by design | Apr 9, 2021 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will host a public COVID-19 vaccination clinic Tuesday, April 13. Recipients will receive Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Because it is a single-dose vaccine, only one appointment is required. Do not make an...