by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly For longtime Vol fans, the 1985 Tennessee football season might well have happened yesterday. Memories are still fresh, with the team being remembered fondly. On the evening of Nov. 30, 1985, Vol fans stood much taller and much prouder, savoring...
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This will be my first Christmas in 44 years without my sweet wife, Lynn. I dedicated my book to her and put on the dedicators page that she was the only woman I was ever in love with. No one ever affected my life as...
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Knox County high school football put a feather in its cap with a 20-13 win over East Tennessee in the first-ever Rivalry Showcase Game Dec. 11 at Blankenship Field in Oak Ridge. The Knox County team was presented the Bob Black Trophy for its victory....
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Transit Authority met recently and heard a report by Belinda Woodiel Brill, Knoxville Area Transit’s planning and public information director. Brill told the members that they are looking at an upcoming...
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday that the Biden-Harris Administration is providing up to $1.5 billion to states and school districts to help school meal program operators deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the...
by design | Dec 18, 2021 | The Daily Focus
Uncertainties Linger Amid Pandemic’s Loosening Grip KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture outline gains in all major agricultural sectors in this year’s economic report to the governor, a marked improvement from the...
