by design | Nov 9, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Rams run past St. George’s in weather-shortened first-round playoff game By Ken Lay Whenever Grace Christian Academy’s football team prevails in a playoff game, coach Justin Price wants the Rams to relish the victory. “We work so hard and anytime our kids win a...
by design | Nov 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Governor: Elbert Carvel of Delaware By Ray Hill At six feet and six inches, Elbert N. “Bert” Carvel was impossible to miss. For a quarter of a century, Carvel was a political force to be reckoned with inside the First State. Carvel’s success in business –...
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Special Knox County Veterans Luncheon scheduled for January By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com At-large Commissioner Larsen Jay announced recently that a free Veterans Luncheon is planned for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at the Bridgewater Place. The...
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Falcons are already a work in progress By Steve Williams For years, Fulton basketball coach Jody Wright had to give up half of his team so they could get ready and play in the football playoffs. That wasn’t the case this season as the Falcons fell short of qualifying...
by design | Nov 9, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Code changes, zoning requests before city council By Mike Steely When the Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday, it will consider changing three city codes and approving many zoning changes that would open up more housing units. The council will consider clearing up...
by design | Nov 8, 2025 | The Daily Focus
SouthEast Bank selects Mitch Noble as its senior credit officer SouthEast Bank has announced the addition of Mitch Noble as senior credit officer. With more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry, Noble brings a wealth of knowledge in commercial lending...