by Ray Hill | May 6, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Republicans were nowhere near a majority in the state of Tennessee in 1920, although they were briefly a force to be reckoned with when the Democrats were torn asunder by strife. Ben W. Hooper had twice been elected governor in 1910 and 1912 following a...
by design | May 6, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Andy Bolton was part of a great era in Central High baseball. Now he’s doing what he can to bring back more glory days on the diamond for his alma mater. His Gresham baseball team defeated South-Doyle 7-1 to capture the Knox County Middle...
by design | May 6, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay If one word described Halls High School’s run through its District 3-AAA baseball schedule, the word would be ‘streaky,’ And the Red Devils didn’t head into the league’s postseason tournament playing their best ball but they did enough to right their...
by design | May 6, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Get a great house with gorgeous views, add some delicious food and drink, and showcase some rockin’, sockin’, blues-drenched soul jazz from the 1960s, and you have Jazz & Cocktails: Blues on the River, a fundraiser for the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, on...
by design | May 6, 2018 | The Daily Focus
If you want the painted yellow striping on your street to look crisp and not muddled, give the City paint crew a few minutes to finish the markings. These City efforts enhance the safety of Knoxville motorists. Starting Monday, May 7, City Traffic Engineering...
by design | May 5, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The Purple Cities Alliance, which works to create happy, safe and compassionate environments for those with dementia, will mark its fourth anniversary at a celebration on Friday, May 11, and wants all Knoxville-area residents to wear purple in a show of support and...
by design | May 4, 2018 | The Daily Focus
More than 50 students from 20 Knox County elementary, middle and high schools will present original poetry work at the Latitude 35: Student Poetry Reading at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8 at the World’s Fair Park Amphitheater. Admission is free. Earlier this year, all...
by design | May 3, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Listen to great stories, sing along with “The Greatest Showman,” free art walks, concerts and craft fairs and festivals ranging from strawberries to Renaissance to hot air balloons and Shakesbeer. Here’s what’s going on across Tennessee this week. For a complete list...
by design | May 2, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett today called for a cyber-security contractor to look into the Tuesday night server crash that shut down the County’s website just as polls closed on election night. “Although the crash did not affect the vote tallies or the...
by design | May 2, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Secretary of State’s office is pleased to announce the continued service of a Knox County teacher on the Civic Education and Engagement Advisory Committee. Since its inception as the Blue Book Curriculum Task Force, the committee was expanded to advise...
