The Arts & Culture Alliance will sponsor a public forum for the Knoxville City Council candidates on Monday, October 23, at 6:00 p.m. at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Alliance will offer wine and light refreshments for attendees. All eleven candidates will attend: Stephanie Welch: District 1 […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The 9th Annual Pink Ribbon Celebration is scheduled for the Grande Event Center on Thursday, October 26 from 6 to 9 p.m. The message of the annual breast cancer awareness celebration is to “Honor Survivors” and all proceeds will go to the Compassion in Action Fund, founded in 2009 to help […]
Thanks to Grayson Subaru of Knoxville, Ijams Nature Center has added 13.4 acres to its permanently protected lands. The property, to be named the Grayson Subaru Preserve, will become a cutting-edge, nature free-play area for children as well as a site for citizen science and other Ijams environmental education programs. “We have worked […]
The latest lab report has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Culex mosquitoes in the Robindale Road area of northwest Knoxville. Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol, the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) will spray for mosquitoes in this area on Thursday, Oct. 19 between 8:45 p.m. and 2 […]
The West Knox Lions Club will host a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 21 at the BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, 106 Major Reynolds Place, in Knoxville. The West Knox Lions Club will be serving pancakes, sausage, or bacon and eggs. Tickets for the breakfast are $6 for adults and $4 for children […]
The University of Tennessee’s Homecoming Parade will roll along Cumberland Avenue on Friday afternoon, Nov. 3 – the parade’s first return to “The Strip” since the 1980s. Cumberland Avenue merchants and City of Knoxville officials are eager to welcome the UT alumni and parade-watchers. The 4-5 p.m. parade – and 5-6 p.m. […]
Knox County Schools would like to remind drivers this week to #STOPONRED Students need to be sure to: Be at your assigned bus stop five minutes early. Do not use headphones or electronic devices while getting on or off a bus. Only cross in front of the bus when getting on or off. Always refrain from using […]
Coats to be collected through November 11 and distributed November 14-December 2 The annual Knox Area Rescue Ministries “Coats for the Cold” coat drive to collect coats for those in need began Monday, October 16 and runs through Saturday, November 11. Gently used coats can be dropped off during that time at all KARM Store […]
The UT Arboretum Society will hold a “Make and Take Pumpkin Centerpiece” Workshop on Tuesday, October 24th from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the UT Arboretum Program Shelter, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge. Join UT Arboretum Education Program Coordinator, Michelle Campanis, to make a centerpiece in a fresh pumpkin. Michelle will lead the […]
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on October 31, 2017 on or about 10:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth here-in below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by SCARLET HEATH WHITED AND THOMAS WILLIAM WHITED, […]