by Joe Rector | Jun 17, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Yesterday was Father’s Day. I spent some time with son Dallas and talked on the phone with daughter Lacey and Josh Fritts, a former student whom my family claimed as one of our own when he was a junior in high school, thirty years ago. Most of the day,...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Sapngler Golf Classic ‘blessed’ by friends, family, weather and turnout By Steve Williams The second Tom Spangler Golf Classic “doubled” in size and the weather Friday at Three Ridges Golf Course to benefit first-year Knox County Sheriff Spangler couldn’t...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley On Friday, June 14, Knoxville city councilman and current mayoral candidate Marshall Stair was interviewed on the WETR 92.3 FM radio program “Knoxville Morning News.” A caller asked Mr. Stair to please find out how Recode would affect residential...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus likes to sit and chat with public officials, private citizens, or just about anyone we find of interest. Rick Emmett is Knoxville’s downtown coordinator and has served under four mayors. The Kentucky native...
by Ray Hill | Jun 16, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, master of the machine that ruled Memphis and Shelby County for decades, held a variety of elected offices – – – Mayor of Memphis, county Trustee, but most have forgotten he was also elected to Congress. Elective...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Alyssa Montgomery was a picture of consistency in golf throughout her high school career at Central and is the female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2018-19. The Virginia Tech signee capped her highly successful run with a round of 70 and a third...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Academics, art and athletics all figured into the selection of Cian Bell as Central High School’s male Student-Athlete of the Year. Acting was once a part of Cian’s life too, but there are so many hours in the day. Bell was named a National Merit...
by design | Jun 16, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The League of Women Voters of Knoxville/Knox County will host two candidate forums before the City of Knoxville primary elections. Both forums will take place at the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Community Room at 2332 News Drive beginning at 6:30 p.m. The mayoral...
by design | Jun 15, 2019 | The Daily Focus
“Seed Stories of Southern Appalachia” will be the next presentation in the Southern Appalachian Studies Series at 7 p.m., June 24, 2019, at the Blount County Public Library. Country Gentlemen, Baron Medley, Perkin’s Long Pod, Pink Eye Purple Hull Cow Peas, Sugar Baby,...
by design | Jun 15, 2019 | The Daily Focus
The Knoxville Watercolor Society will be exhibiting recent artwork from its members at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pk., Knoxville, TN 37919 from June 16, 2019 through August 8, 2019. The show is free and open to the public. TVUU...
