by Steve Hunley | Jun 2, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley To my mind, one of the things that makes a community worthwhile is having a sense of community. That is something we try to do here at The Focus, as our focus is almost entirely local in scope and nature. The Focus has a reporter at every meeting of...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 2, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Recode Round 2 was held on Thursday, May 30 and it exceeded the six and a half hours of Recode Round 1 on May 14 with a marathon nine and a half hour comedy where city council tried to fix over fifty errors in Recode. It was another very long session...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com More than 100 descendants of Revolutionary War veteran and Knox County settler Nicholas Gibbs will assemble Saturday at the patriot’s original home on Emory Road. The event, sponsored by the Nicholas Gibbs Historic Society, will...
by Ray Hill | Jun 2, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There were several Congressional districts across the country largely populated by immigrants. There were districts in New York City with a heavy Italian population, while similar districts in Illinois and Michigan were inhabited by Polish...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams A stomach virus unfortunately limited Claire Brock’s playing time in the TSSAA Division II-A state girls’ basketball tournament in March, but Claire had shown what she could do on the court throughout the season and particularly in a sectional win...
by design | Jun 2, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Fort Sanders neighborhood streets will soon be getting some extensive cleaning and fresh markings. The summer City Street Maintenance Project will enhance the neighborhood’s quality of life, better define parking areas, sweep streets, update signs and markings, and...
by design | Jun 1, 2019 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “It’s not in our charter, we don’t have to fund them. Getting something is better than nothing,” one of the Knox County officials told The Focus after a debate on cutting indigent care funds. Is local government funding of...
by design | May 31, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Join the call of the Sing for the Climate Concert to act now on climate change. Maggie Longmire, a mover within the local music community and concert emcee, has brought together a line-up of local artists to perform on the stage of World’s Fair Park Amphitheater. ...
by design | May 29, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Portion of the proceeds to benefit the Will Rogers Institute Regal’s Summer Movie Express is back in theatres featuring $1 movies all summer long. This kid-friendly festival is the perfect way to beat the heat this summer at over 340 theatres nationwide. Regal...
by design | May 29, 2019 | The Daily Focus
Morning performance features three storytellers, shorter performance time The Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival, featuring three world renowned storytellers, is finally here, Saturday, June 1st. This annual event is sponsored by the three Rotary Clubs in Oak Ridge...
