by design | Nov 10, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Caswell Park land decision postponed By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The one issue that drew a large crowd to the City Council meeting Tuesday was tossed over to the new city council. Councilwoman Gwen McKenzie, who represents East Knoxville, moved...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Knoxville had a city election last week for mayor and city council seats. There will be a new mayor and four new city council members. Out of 187,000 residents and 92,000 registered voters only 25,360 people in Knoxville cast votes for mayor. That...
by Ray Hill | Nov 10, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Congressman Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. had first been elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1938, toppling incumbent Richard M. Atkinson in a hard fought campaign inside the Democratic Primary. Tennessee’s “Hermitage District,” so named because the...
by design | Nov 10, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A large crowd gathered recently at a cemetery atop a hill just off North Gallaher View and Broome Roads to honor an early settler, Moses Cavett, with a grave marking ceremony. The event also saw the honoring of...
by design | Nov 10, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Longtime Farragut High School football coach Eddie Courtney saw his team do exactly what he wanted it to do in the first round of the TSSAA Class 6A Playoffs. “I told them that I wanted them to have fun and play with effort,” Courtney said after the...
by design | Nov 10, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Seth Jinks of L&N STEM Academy bounced back at the TSSAA cross country meet this year to claim his second state championship. Jinks finished first in the Division I Small Class with a time of 16 minutes, 39.27 seconds on the 5k Percy...
by design | Nov 10, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The 2019 clothing drive brought in 40-20 gallon bags of clothing and 50 coats. The clothing was equally divided between men and women. Thirty-one new coats were donated by the Tellico Village Kiwanis Club. After the clothing was sorted and bagged it was distributed...
by design | Nov 9, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Retired Teachers Association will host the annual Scholarship Luncheon Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Drive. Lunch will be served at 11:00 a.m. and the Scholarship Awards Program starts at noon. All KCRTA members are...
by design | Nov 8, 2019 | The Daily Focus
State Senator Becky Duncan Massey invites public to campaign kickoff with a family and dog-friendly event on November 10 Senator Becky Massey will host her campaign kickoff for re-election to the State Senate at a launch event where families and pets are...
by design | Nov 8, 2019 | The Daily Focus
~ from Kelly Ellenburg, Board Chair, Fountain City Town Hall We hope you will join us for our quarterly Town Hall Membership Meeting next Monday, November 11 from 7:00-8:30 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 5409 Jacksboro Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918. We are excited to...
