by design | Aug 7, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Republicans Victorious Republicans celebrate Aug. 4 election results at Crowne Plaza downtown By Bill Howard If you’re a Knox County Republican, the place to be last Thursday night was the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville. A wide range of Republican candidates...
by design | Aug 7, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley City mayor raises taxes, cuts services After having given police officers a well-deserved raise and asking the city council to inflict the largest property tax increase in Knoxville’s history, the first thing Mayor Indya Kincannon has done is...
by design | Aug 7, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Back in January the Knoxville City Council met and voted to expand the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial display in World’s Fair Park. Last Tuesday morning the Vietnam Veterans of America unveiled a marble monument...
by design | Aug 7, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Congressman Clifford Davis was the last vestige of the old Crump machine still holding federal office in 1963. Davis had been in Congress since 1940 when he had won a special election to succeed Walter Chandler who had become mayor of Memphis. Davis was...
by design | Aug 7, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The Knox County Board of Education’s regular session meeting lasted less than an hour late Wednesday afternoon at the Summer Place as all items on the agenda passed with little or no discussion. Following the 55-minute meeting, board members and those in...
