by Ralphine Major | Jul 27, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major This year, they have been sharing “light” in this season of despair. Already, they have connected with women in the church and the Knoxville community with hundreds of cards, blessing bags, and phone calls. Chelsea Murphy is the director of...
by Mike Steely | Jul 27, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Anyone visiting Cumberland Gap National Park may be missing an interesting side trip to the little Kentucky town next door. Middlesboro has a long and very odd history and is well worth a visit. Just beyond the Cumberland Gap highway tunnel going north...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 27, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi There is so much doom and gloom in the world of sports right now. And I understand those emotions. It’s sad to think about. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t sunshine in the storm. I’m sitting in a vacation rental in Carolina Beach writing this...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Anne Crais is Good Neighbor of the Year By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Diana Conn Good Neighbor of the Year for 2020 is Anne Crais, secretary of Wesley Neighborhood Community Association. The announcement was made during an Office of...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Déjà vu All Over Again There is a move by the Charter Review Committee to once again place a referendum on the ballot to make the law director’s office appointed, rather than elected. That reminds me of the last attempt some ten years ago, which was...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Focus Staff Most people in Knox County have no idea of a Tennessee law (HB 2279) that was passed in 2018 that allows cell phone companies to install a 40-foot tall cell tower with multiple cell antennas in the front yard of every person in the state of Tennessee....
by Ray Hill | Jul 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The 1964 Senate Races In Tennessee By Ray Hill Lyndon Baines Johnson was a remarkably able politician. The intricacies of Johnson’s complicated personality have likely best been examined in Robert Caro’s splendid multi-volume biography of Johnson. Much of Johnson’s...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com During the City Council meeting earlier this month the members voted to allot $5,175 in grants to the Fountain City Lions Club to help with the maintenance and upkeep at the Fountain City Park and fund mowing there....
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The pandemic has done a number on Kennedy Anne Noe’s scorecards. And with the 2020 high school golf campaign officially starting today (July 27), it will be interesting to see if the Knoxville Catholic senior, one of the state’s top players, can...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | The Daily Focus
DOG DAZE IV @ Village Green Shopping Center is presented by TDS Telecom. This will be a 3 Day Festival of fun, food, shopping and competition! SHOP FARRAGUT and Town of Farragut have teamed up with Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs (http://www.smokymountaindockdogs.com/)...
