Weekend Weather
A warmer weekend ahead before some cooler weather by the middle part of next week. Data courtesy of East Tennessee Storm Team.
Hardin Valley parent Requests for parental notification rights to be added to the agenda April 2013.
A Hardin Valley Parent sent the following letter to the Focus office this morning: (The letter details his attempts to have parental notification rights added to the BOE meeting agenda and apparent refusal of the Board of Education to accommodate the request of concerned parents.) See below: Dear Dr. McIntyre, Ms. Carson, and Ms. Coatney: For the second time, […]
East Knox Republican club holds its first meeting!
I-40 wreck
A wreck on I-40 West bound occurred just after 2:00 a.m. involving an eighteen wheeler (Avritt trucking) and a passenger vehicle. The Knoxville Fire Department arrived to find the two vehicles fully involved with flames. The driver of the semi was transported to Physician’s Hospital (Old St. Mary’s) while the body of the person in […]
Media Release / Domestic-related Stabbing / 214 Langley Place
On 03/14/2013 at about 4:09 p.m., Officers Roger McNutt and Travis Shuler responded to Parkwest Hospital regarding a male patient that entered the Emergency Room with a stab wound. Officer McNutt briefly spoke with the 55 year-old victim. Although the victim was uncooperative, he reported that he had been stabbed by his wife inside their room at the Extended Stay Motel at […]
Community Forum Meeting on School System Budget
Dr. Jim McIntyre, Superintendent of the Knox County Schools, will host a Community Forum on Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.m. at Northwest Middle School located at 5301 Pleasant Ridge Road. The Community Forum will continue the conversation regarding the 2013-2014 budget process, in which the following four priorities have been identified: Sustaining instructional improvement […]
Car into Mac's Pharmacy
At 1:36 p.m. the Knoxville Fire Department’s Rescue Unit received a call along with Engine Company #11 for a vehicle into a building. Upon arrival rescuers found a late model ford explorer deep inside Mac’s Pharmacy (2413 Washington Pike)with two occupants still inside the vehicle. A store employee and a customer were injured when the […]
KPD UPDATE: Shooting – 306 S. Kyle
After receiving a tip that the suspect wanted for the shooting death of Rodney Miller in November 2012 was inbound on a Greyhound bus, members of the Repeat Offender Squad set up on the bus station and placed the suspect into custody without incident. The bus was inbound from Louisiana. The suspect was interviewed by […]
Burchett listening tour continues
On Wednesday, March 13, Mayor Tim Burchett continued his open constituent meetings. The meetings are designed to allow residents quality time to interact and ask questions of the Mayor. The most recent meeting took place at the Howard Pinkston library. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, March 20, 1 to 2 p.m. […]
Statement from POTUS on Pope
Statement from the President on His Holiness Pope Francis (March 13, 2013) On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I offer our warm wishes to His Holiness Pope Francis as he ascends to the Chair of Saint Peter and begins his papacy. As a champion of the poor and the most vulnerable among […]