by Steve Hunley | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There are a great many hard-working deputies in the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Yet the recent controversy between the Knox County Pension Board and Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong illustrates an arrogant sense of entitlement and...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Annual Neighborhood Conference Awards and Networking Luncheon had several surprises, not the least of which is that more than 600 people attended. The popular event was held at Hotel Knoxville, the former Knoxville Marriott,...
by Ray Hill | Apr 2, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Reed Smoot is a name long since forgotten by most, save for those few who remember the Smoot – Hawley tariff legislation. Yet, Reed Smoot was the first Mormon ever to be elected to the United States Senate, setting off a firestorm that consumed much of...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Since then, they’ve combined for nine state championships By Steve Williams Talk about an oddity. The most successful Knox County boys and girls high school basketball head coaches of all time – Fulton High’s Jody Wright and Shelley Sexton Collier of Webb School –...
by design | Apr 2, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The King’s Academy softball team beat Mother Nature twice Thursday to notch a 7-6 win over Gibbs. With stormy weather in the forecast, TKA Coach Mark Weekly first moved up the starting time of the game one hour to 5 p.m. Then the Lady Lions used...
by design | Apr 1, 2018 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely “We can dance if we want to” is the opening line to the 1982 song “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats. As of last week, Knoxville can legally join the dance party. You can legally dance in your local tavern or any place that legally sells beer and...
by design | Apr 1, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee, a service of the Helen Ross McNabb Center, is hosting its 3rd annual Shatter the Silence event at Jackson Terminal, located at 205 W. Jackson Avenue in Knoxville on Thursday, April 19, from 4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. ...
by design | Mar 31, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable: One of the country’s most distinguished Civil War historians, James I. Robertson will address “The Turning Point of the Civil War.” For 150 years historians have argued over the point at which Confederate prospects...
by design | Mar 30, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville’s Save Our Sons initiative is partnering with the Knoxville Police Department (KPD), Knox County Attorney General’s Office, the City’s Police Advisory and Review Committee (PARC) and The Change Center to host a Positive Engagement with Law...
by design | Mar 30, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:, The Daily Focus
Located in West Knoxville, just off Cedar Bluff Rd, Tate’s School’s Executive Management Team celebrated the completion of a new Middle School Math Building. This 1,000 sf facility is located on a recently dedicated middle school campus and showcases the updated look...
