by design | Jul 27, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has received approval from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to temporarily waive one step in the process for individuals receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance to Needy...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Anne Crais is Good Neighbor of the Year By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Diana Conn Good Neighbor of the Year for 2020 is Anne Crais, secretary of Wesley Neighborhood Community Association. The announcement was made during an Office of...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Déjà vu All Over Again There is a move by the Charter Review Committee to once again place a referendum on the ballot to make the law director’s office appointed, rather than elected. That reminds me of the last attempt some ten years ago, which was...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Focus Staff Most people in Knox County have no idea of a Tennessee law (HB 2279) that was passed in 2018 that allows cell phone companies to install a 40-foot tall cell tower with multiple cell antennas in the front yard of every person in the state of Tennessee....
by Ray Hill | Jul 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The 1964 Senate Races In Tennessee By Ray Hill Lyndon Baines Johnson was a remarkably able politician. The intricacies of Johnson’s complicated personality have likely best been examined in Robert Caro’s splendid multi-volume biography of Johnson. Much of Johnson’s...
by design | Jul 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com During the City Council meeting earlier this month the members voted to allot $5,175 in grants to the Fountain City Lions Club to help with the maintenance and upkeep at the Fountain City Park and fund mowing there....