by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Trustee announces increased tax freeze eligibility for seniors Sign-up events scheduled for October Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs is excited to announce increased tax freeze eligibility for Knox County’s Senior Community. Trustee Biggs proposed to Knox County...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Council Members Should Be Elected By District Region [ree-juhn] noun Definition: 1. usually regions, the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area; or something compared to one. a part of the earth’s surface (land or...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Election admin: Vote early, avoid Nov. 5 crowds By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com While other places may expect some Election Day disruptions, the Knox County Election Commission doesn’t foresee any problems except for a very large turnout. For that...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
James P. Kem of Missouri By Ray Hill The election of 1946 carried numerous Republican candidates into Congress on a tidal wave of dissatisfaction with war-time regulations still in place following the Second World War. No loss was as personally galling to President...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Powell, Bearden notch big district wins By Ken Lay The stakes became a little higher last week as local teams either began or continued the district portion of their respective seasons. One of the top matchups pitted Powell against Central Thursday night at Scarbro...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Lethgo and Halls spoil Hardin Valley’s Homecoming By David Klein The Halls Red Devils spoiled a homecoming game Friday night at Hardin Valley. Red Devils quarterback Amari Lethgo threw for four touchdown passes and ran for another as the Red Devils beat the Hawks...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
Newcomer says Smokies’ move to Old City ‘sounds like fun’ By Steve Williams A lot can happen in 25 years. Good and bad. Funny and sad. The Smokies’ baseball move back to Knoxville next spring will be bittersweet; a treat for Knoxvillians, but a bummer for some of the...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale Sept. 19-21 Friends of the Knox County Public Library will hold its Fall Used Book Sale Sept. 19-21 at Central United Methodist Church, 201 3rd Ave. With the exception of collectible books, most items will be priced at $2 or less....
by design | Sep 14, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Reed Massengill to speak about new edition of his book ‘Portrait of a Racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers’ ~ from the East Tennessee Historical Society WHEN: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. WHERE: East Tennessee...
by design | Sep 13, 2024 | The Daily Focus
Breaking: This event has been rescheduled to next Friday, Sept. 20, at the same time due to forecasted weather. Knox County Parks & Rec to Host Third Annual Glow Party Knox County Parks & Recreation will light up Ball Camp Park from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on...
