by Mark Nagi | Mar 12, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman What a year it has been for Tennessee’s men’s basketball team. SEC regular season co-champions. As of press time, they had advanced to the semifinals of the SEC tournament. And you know what? They aren’t done yet. They made it to the NCAA...
by design | Mar 12, 2018 | The Daily Focus
World Storytelling Day! Join Smoky Mountain Storytellers’ celebration on Friday, March 16, 7:00 p.m., in the fellowship hall at Highland Presbyterian Church, 721 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy., Maryville, TN, 37804. We will provide light refreshments (coffee and cookies)....
by design | Mar 11, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
School Administration Moving to TVA Towers? By Mike Steely steelym@knofocus.com For some time TVA has been talking about doing something with its towers in Knoxville, either selling one or both or leasing them. The Knoxville Focus learned recently that TVA may...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley President Donald Trump’s Justice Department suing the State of California can come as no surprise to any rational person. A battle has been raging well before Trump’s election in 2016 over immigration policy in this country. California has for...
by design | Mar 11, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “Service like it used to be” is more than a motto at Stevens Mortuary. As the Stevens family and their dedicated staff celebrate their 60th anniversary this year, they continue to adhere to the values and mission-of service that...
by Ray Hill | Mar 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill While now an apparently Republican “red” state, Texas was once solidly Democratic. Like Tennessee, Texas has produced some interesting political personalities; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senator Tom Connally, Governor John Connally (no relation to...
by design | Mar 11, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Bearden High School’s boys basketball team earned a shot at redemption on Monday, March 5. The Bulldogs now have a chance to take care of some unfinished business when they make a return trip to Murfreesboro for the Class AAA State Tournament. “It feels...
by design | Mar 11, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Opposites attract, even in basketball. Grace Christian Academy and Webb School matched up five times this season because their different styles of play made them the two best TSSAA Division II-A teams in the state. First-year GCA head coach Brandon...
by design | Mar 11, 2018 | The Daily Focus
The LeConte Photographic Society will host Roger Trentham of Gatlinburg, TN for a great program about “Western Parks and Other Marvelous Places” on Saturday, April 24, 2018 at the King Library in Sevierville, TN in the Burchfield Room. This program is free and open...
by design | Mar 10, 2018 | The Daily Focus
County Offices Are Planning Celebrations Statewide KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — March is Extension Month in Tennessee. Extension is a national educational program supported by USDA through the nation’s land-grant universities and administered with funding from state and local...
