by design | Aug 13, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Town Hall East will host its annual ice cream social, THE Neighborhood Scoop, on Saturday, August 25, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Tank Strickland Park — next to the Burlington Branch Library — 4614 Asheville Highway. There will be free ice cream and lemonade...
by design | Aug 12, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Litton’s serving up something new Kelly’s Back Room offers home cooking to go By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Seventy years in business with thirty-eight years just off Broadway in Fountain City has made Litton’s Market and Restaurant a huge success and a popular...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 12, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Recently, A. G. Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times, visited the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. Naturally, Sulzberger categorized the meeting as having been requested by the White House and said he attended to “raise concerns...
by design | Aug 12, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Les Greer makes it no secret that his expectation is to win a Division II-A State Championship. And he’s coached championship teams before. He may just have a title contender at The King’s Academy if Friday night’s small sample size is any...
by Ray Hill | Aug 12, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Prentice Cooper had served as governor of Tennessee for six years, the only man ever to be elected to three consecutive two-year terms in modern history. Cooper’s tenure covered the entire period when the United States was fighting a bloody war all across...
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By Steve Williams Seymour High’s 0-10 football record in 2017 was a little misleading. The Eagles lost their first two games by identical 13-8 scores and were outscored by a total of only 25 points in their first four games. That’s just a tad over a touchdown per...
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By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The face of Magnolia Avenue in East Knoxville has changed a few times over the years. The street, the home of iconic products like Swan’s Bakery and the home of Mello Yello, is about to change again. Once a thriving...
by Steve Williams | Aug 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Austin-East High School’s boys basketball team will be joined by Gibbs’ team for some community service work at the Love Kitchen on Martin Luther King Avenue after school Thursday (Aug. 16), said A-E Head Coach Marcus Stanton Friday. By then, the...
by design | Aug 12, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Maynardville Public Library is hosting their 6th author event, the Thunder Road Author Rally, on Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Library’s address is 296 Main St, Maynardville TN 37807 and the phone number is 865-992-7106. This is a chance...
by design | Aug 11, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville, in cooperation with the local arts and culture community, is proud to announce the ninth year of Penny4Arts, a program developed to meet the local arts community’s long-term goal of serving and educating East...