by Steve Hunley | Jan 3, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Recently the Knoxville News-Sentinel published a nice little article that was more editorial than news story in covering the Knox County Commission’s discussion of whether or not to dissolve the Board of Health. The reporter covering the spectacle of...
by design | Jan 3, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Soon walkers and drivers will get the opportunity to pass over portions of something that is more than 100 years old. The Jackson Avenue ramps, leading up to North Gay Street or down to Jackson Avenue in the Old City,...
by Ray Hill | Jan 3, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill As the United States Senate considered the nomination of Judge John J. Parker to serve on the U. S. Supreme Court, a variety of allegations were flung about publicly, not the least of which was a member of the Senate having been offered a judgeship if he...
by design | Jan 3, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Longtime TSSAA official is fatal victim of hit-and-run By Steve Williams On a snowy Christmas Eve night in Halls, Gene Mynatt, a longtime TSSAA official in multiple sports, left this world doing what he liked to do best – and that was helping someone. His assistance...
by Tom Mattingly | Jan 3, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly The day was Tuesday, June 2, 1998, when a media release about a significant happening within the University of Tennessee Athletic Department was sent out, accomplished on something called a Fax Expander. “MEDIA CONFERENCE SET FOR WEDNESDAY: The...
by design | Jan 3, 2021 | The Daily Focus
~ from UTAD KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Three Vols scoring at least a dozen points and five thunderous blocks from senior Yves Pons weren’t enough for the seventh-ranked Tennessee basketball team, which fell at home to Alabama, 71-63, on Saturday at...
by design | Jan 2, 2021 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Health has updated the Tennessee COVID-19 Vaccination Plan and its phased approach to administering COVID-19 vaccines to Tennesseans. “COVID-19 vaccines remain limited at this time, and Tennessee’s allocation plan prioritizes those most at...
by design | Jan 1, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Winter is an excellent time to look for birds. Join natural historian Stephen Lyn Bales in a virtual program presented by the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. “Let’s Welcome the Snowbirds,” a Zoom presentation, will...
by design | Dec 31, 2020 | The Daily Focus
New Year’s resolution-makers may need to be a bit more creative this year with considerations around social distancing, and Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful has some great options for those who want their resolutions to make a difference this year. One of...
by design | Dec 30, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
In coordination with the updates made today by the Tennessee Department of Health to the statewide COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, the Knox County Health Department will adopt an age-based vaccination strategy, in addition to the original priority phases outlined in the...
