by design | Jan 2, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly The Vols started the 1974 season 2-3-1. “The 2-3-1 record,” wrote the Knoxville Journal’s Russ Bebb, “brought gloom so thick you could cut it with a knife.” Losses came at Auburn (21-0), at LSU (20-10), and at home against Alabama (28-6). Tennessee...
by design | Jan 2, 2022 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely I’m old enough and have been reporting long enough to have interviewed Colonel Harland Sanders and lived, as a child, close enough to his original Sander’s Cafe to know his story. Schooled in Kentucky for 10 years, how could I not know about Col....
by design | Jan 2, 2022 | The Daily Focus
By Nadia Ramlagan Tennessee News Service Last year, approximately one in three children in state custody remained in foster care for more than a year, according to a new report by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. The report also found widespread...
by design | Jan 1, 2022 | The Daily Focus
From Jan. 2 to Jan. 31, Knox County residents can bring their unwanted, live Christmas trees to participating Knox County Convenience Centers for free disposal at no cost. Knox County operates the following convenience centers: Carter (8815 Asheville Highway)...
by design | Dec 31, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Date and Time: December 31, 2021, 9:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Location: World’s Fair Park, Festival Lawn Bring in 2022 with your friends and family at World’s Fair Park with food trucks, free activities, DJ Music at 9 and live music by Mike Snodgrass Band at...
by design | Dec 30, 2021 | The Daily Focus
County Offices Closed Friday Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs shares a New Year’s message, watch it here. All Knox County Government offices—including the Knox County Health Department and public libraries—will be closed Friday, Dec. 31 in observance of New Year’s...