by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Democrat Courtney Durrett surprised a lot of people recently by being elected to the Knox County Commission. She and her Republican opponent, Grant Rosenberg, ran honorable campaigns for Michele Carringer’s District 2...
by Ray Hill | Aug 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Roadrunners dig early hole with miscues on rainy night By Bill Howard Webb School of Knoxville and Austin-East Magnet School squared off last year on opening night of the football season at Webb, and the Spartans ground out a 3-0 win. Friday night at Sam Anderson...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams For months there was uncertainty on whether there would be a high school football season in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is at least off to a start and Gibbs and Halls received the distinction of being the first two teams in...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely More than a dozen decorated cars took part in a “pop-up” Suffrage Parade Saturday morning in Knoxville, taking various downtown routes and doubling back on sites like the East Tennessee History Museum, Market Square and the Suffrage Statues....
by design | Aug 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The Knox County Commission will be meeting via Zoom on Monday following a request from the health department. Three commissioners have been exposed to the virus and asked by the health department to stay home rather than attend the public meeting....
by design | Aug 21, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Mayor’s reading program makes its goal in record time Read City USA has an exciting story to tell! Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs challenged all Knox County residents to Read Around the World 20 times in 2020 for a goal of 500,000 collective hours of reading. The...
by design | Aug 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ from Historic Ramsey House Grayson Subaru presents the 5th Annual Ancient Sounds Outdoor Concert Series on Sunday, September 6, 2020 AND Sunday, September 13, 2020! Enjoy a socially distant celebration of Celtic and Appalachian music on the beautiful grounds of...
by design | Aug 19, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Mayor Indya Kincannon has named Rhea Carmon as Knoxville’s new Poet Laureate. Carmon, who performs under the name RheaSunshine, succeeds Dr. Marilyn Kallet, who was named the City’s second poet laureate in June 2018 by Mayor Madeline Rogero, and continued to serve...
by design | Aug 18, 2020 | The Daily Focus
~ originally published on June 18, 2018 By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “Dear Son … Hurray and vote for Suffrage and don’t keep them in doubt. I noticed Chandlers’ speech, it was very bitter. I’ve been waiting to see how you stood but have not seen anything...
