by Steve Hunley | Jul 15, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com Edward Nelson was the Democratic candidate last year for the 19th District seat in the Tennessee General Assembly against Representative Dave Wright. Until quite recently, he was also Vice Chair of the Knox County...
by design | Jul 14, 2019 | The Daily Focus
This week’s Publisher’s Position “Where is the Recode Map?” can be found here. Click here to read Parkridge neighborhood resident Christopher Salmons’ email to Focus Publisher Steve Hunley. A timeline of the Caswell Park redevelopment can...
by design | Jul 14, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rep. Bill Dunn speaks in Fountain City By Ken Lay State representative Bill Dunn was in Knoxville last week and he spoke at the Fountain City Business and Professional Association’s monthly luncheon Wednesday at Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. Dunn spoke...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville Focus received phone calls and emails on last week’s Publisher’s Position “Too Many Recode Missteps.” Of interest was a question about the missing zoning map for Recode. For many months the text of Recode has been discussed and amended by...
by design | Jul 14, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Amy Box Fellhoelter This month’s North Knoxville Business & Professional Association meeting agenda veered from the usual to the exceptional as it highlighted eleven non-profit agencies. Each representative or NKBPA member gave a three-minute synopsis of their...
by Ray Hill | Jul 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill After Congress had adjourned in 1933, Edward Hull Crump, congressman from Tennessee’s Tenth District, took his wife on a three-month tour of Europe. The Crumps returned on September 26, 1933 and the Congressman stopped off in his Washington office to clear...
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By Steve Williams When hot summer days get up in the 90s and feel like 100, wouldn’t it be nice to have a swimming pool in the backyard? Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but you do. Inskip Pool, at 4204 Bruhin Road in North Knoxville, has served local folks since 1959 and...
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By Ken Lay Bob Thomas has served on the Knox County Commission and he’s been a morning radio talk show host and he most recently ran for county mayor. He was defeated in the 2017 by Glenn Jacobs, a professional wrestler and businessman. Thomas didn’t stay out of...
by design | Jul 14, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Need for Disaster Response Volunteers More Critical than Ever While residents in Louisiana and Mississippi brace for more rain as the potential tropical storm builds up strength off shore, American Red Cross volunteers in Tennessee are once again answering the call...
by design | Jul 13, 2019 | The Daily Focus
UT Experts Provide Education on Producing and Maintaining Hydrangeas Landscape contractors, designers and nursery producers should mark their calendars and plan to attend two hydrangea workshops offered by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. The...
