By Sally Absher Nominations Received for KCS Interim Superintendent March 7 was the deadline established by the Board of Education for those interested in being considered for the interim Superintendent position to submit their name, and for those wishing to nominate someone for the position to do so. Seven nominations were received. Last month the […]
By Sally Absher The testing window for Part One of the TNReady assessment has closed, at least for students in Knox County. The (revised) testing window is officially February 22 – March 18, but with KCS on Spring Break now, Knox County students finished up Part One by March 11. So it was timely that […]
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I once read that Billy Graham was sorry he didn’t memorize more Bible verses when he was young, so that he would have them when he was older and failing vision made reading the Bible more difficult. Memorization is not emphasized in education these days. My sixth grade teacher made our […]
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, James R. McMurray executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Village Capital & Investment, LLC, Lender and Netco, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated November 20, 2012 and recorded on November 30, 2012 in Instrument No. 201211300035202, Knox County, […]
Ripley’s Aquarium and Attractions is hosting a Career fair for jobs for their eight Ripley Sevier county attractions. The job fair will be Saturday, March 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. The 8 Ripley’s Sevier county attractions hiring include: Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Ripley’s Believe It Or […]
E-911 Director Change Possible By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville-Knox County Director of the E-911 System may be on his way to early retirement. The system’s Personnel Committee met in a called session Wednesday to hear the results of an employee survey and then discussed the various options concerning Director Bob Coker’s employment. Vicki Hatfield, […]
By Steve Hunley American presidential primary debates have become such a spectacle that I believe is harming the process. The current primary process began two years before people actually started voting. The longer the contest, the greater the expense and candidates must raise hundreds of millions of dollars just to compete in the primaries. By […]
By Ray Hill Stephen M. Young was an unlikely person to become a successful politician, yet he spent a lifetime pursuing high public office. Highly irascible, a devout liberal, and utterly unwilling to suffer fools, Young never bothered to appease upset constituents. Stephen Young became famous for his replies to constituents who poured out their […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com You can’t help but notice the Expressions shop on Chapman Highway. No other business along the busy route is painted green and blue. And the window displays are always impressive and unusual. That’s the way that owner Melissa Rose wants it and prides herself with her selection of merchandise. You’ll be […]
By Steve Williams Larry Roe didn’t score a lot of points, but the ones he did came at key times in Fulton’s Class AA state sectional win over Greeneville. They all came in the fourth period when last Monday night’s hard-fought contest at Fulton was decided. Roe hit a 3-point shot from the top of […]