Thirty-one candidates seek five council seats By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Noon Thursday was the deadline for qualifying and all candidates vying for the five Knoxville City Council seats now have until noon on May 25 to withdraw. Early voting starts August 9 and the Primary Election is August 29. Thirteen people have qualified as candidates […]
By Steve Hunley For those of us who love our country this is a very sad time. Never in my life have I seen such division in America nor have I seen such blatant and proud disregard for our laws, traditions, and history. The United States of America is under a vicious assault by the […]
By Ken Lay OAK RIDGE — It was a battle. But in the end, Farragut High School’s boys soccer team left Oak Ridge with a Region 2-AAA Championship Thursday night. “Oak Ridge is a great team and they’re well-coached,” Admirals Coach Ray Dover said after Farragut edged the Wildcats 2-1 in the title match at […]
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull, remembered as the longest serving Secretary of State in the country’s history, almost abbreviated his service due to his unhappiness inside President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Cabinet. Frequently feeling ignored, if not actually humiliated by a president who preferred guiding U. S. foreign policy himself, Hull began thinking of returning home […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com A note on the door warns people to keep out of the historic old mansion which stands empty, overgrown, and possibly abandoned. The Sterchi Mansion, also known as Strafford Hall, was built in 1910 by the Sterchi family and was once part of more than 300 acres that included a dairy […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Wesley House is celebrating serving the community for one hundred and ten years this year and is looking forward to the 13th Annual Wesley House Golf Tournament coming in June. Tim Adams, Executive Director, spoke with The Knoxville Focus last week about the upcoming tournament and the history of the […]
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on June 13, 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 herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by PHILLIP H. BARBER, to TITLE ENTERPRISES, […]
tnAchieves, the partnering organization that administers Governor Haslam’s Tennessee Promise scholarship program in 84 counties, invites community members to attend the State of Tennessee Promise community tour beginning on May 22, 2017 and continuing through August 10, 2017. tnAchieves will host community meetings in each of the 84 counties it serves. The purpose of […]
Six state court chief justices recently signed a charter in support of the Regional Opioid Initiative (RJOI), which has developed an action plan with strategies to combat the growing opioid epidemic. The RJOI’s founding states include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. America’s opioid epidemic is a nationwide problem, but the impact in this […]
You might be familiar with bagels and lox, or challah bread. But what about shakshuka or mandlebrot? On June 4, the greater Knoxville community will have a chance to try both of these Jewish foods, and many more, at the “Knoshville” Jewish Food Festival. (The event’s name is a play on the Yiddish word […]