TDOT to Suspend All Lane Closure Activity for the Holiday Weekend Motorists won’t be delayed by road construction as they travel Tennessee’s highways this Memorial Day weekend. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning at noon on Friday, May 24 through 6:00 a.m. on […]
The Knoxville Museum of Art recently received a $40,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the exhibition Beauford Delaney: Through the Unusual Door February 7-May 10, 2020 with an accompanying catalogue. National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of […]
When: 10 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2019 Where: Cal Johnson Recreation Center, 507 Hall of Fame Drive Who: World-acclaimed author, educator and poet Nikki Giovanni will read her “Knoxville, Tennessee” poem during the unveiling Mayor Madeline Rogero and other City officials will welcome Ms. Giovanni, a Virginia Tech Distinguished Professor and Knoxville native, […]
The Community Action Committee (CAC) is seeking applicants for its thirty–third Community Leadership class. Community Leadership provides training sessions for current and emerging leaders representing low and moderate – income neighborhoods and groups. The program will begin in September 2019 and continue through June of 2020. The objectives of the program are to: Strengthen the […]
Foreclosure notices SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE WHEREAS default has occurred in the payment of a debt due Volunteer Studios Plus, G.P. secured by a Deed of Trust dated 4/8/02, from Alan Butler to Mona J. Wilson, Trustee, and recorded at Instrument # 200204180086492 in the Register’s Office for Knox County, Tennessee: and whereas A. […]
Mayoral candidates field questions from Town Hall East By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If four of the candidates for Knoxville city mayor agree on anything they agree that the Recode effort needs to be postponed or stopped. Town Hall East asked the candidates their opinions on the ongoing rewrite of zoning regulations and other topics at […]
By Steve Hunley For the past two and a half years, the City of Knoxville has been nudging along one of the most comprehensive and sweeping plans surrounding property use. Known as “Recode,” this nefarious plan has gone through more incarnations than the Devil himself. Citizens have had a hard time keeping up with all […]
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council went back and forth with suggested changes to the proposed Recode regulations for over six hours last Tuesday. Just about anything related to zoning, building heights, setback, and permissible uses of land is wrapped up in the proposed changes. By the end of the long session the […]
By Ray Hill The son of Polish immigrants, Sol Bloom was at various times a theatre impresario, real estate magnate, composer and long-time congressman. Bloom was deeply interested in foreign affairs in the House of Representatives and finally achieved his ambition of becoming Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee where he was profoundly concerned […]
Webb pitcher Peter Shaefer delivers a pitch in a Division II-A State VIII Playoff Game. Shaefer had 14 strikeouts but the Spartans dropped a 1-0 nine-inning decision to Clarksville Academy. The Cougars went on to sweep a double header and punch their ticket to Murfreesboro while eliminating the Spartans. Photo by Ken Lay. By Ken […]