by design | Jun 29, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Lane Closures Halted for Independence Day Holiday Road construction won’t slow motorists across Tennessee over the July 4th holiday. The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes...
by design | Jun 29, 2020 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES Non-resident Notice IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT TAZEWELL Case No.19,506 IN THE MATTER OF: C.B. DOB xx-xx-xxxx A minor child under the age of 18. CANDICE LEANNE BROGAN, (Mother) 165 CAROL...
by design | Jun 28, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
$1,500 bonus for deputies in approved Knox budget By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler’s persistence won out Wednesday with a victorious split vote granting a bonus to his deputies. The county commission also passed the...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 28, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley sheriff’s department bonuses Sheriff Tom Spangler advanced his case for giving deputies a $1,500 “bonus” which will cost some $1.6 million of taxpayer money. Mayor Jacobs was dubious about spending money the county doesn’t have and offered a more...
by design | Jun 28, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The final lease agreement between Knox County and TVA hasn’t been signed yet but last week the county commission voted to complete a deal with the University of Tennessee to sublet part of the TVA East Tower....
by Ray Hill | Jun 28, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill July of 1966 was hot and humid in Tennessee that year. Two veteran campaigners, Governor Frank Clement and Senator Ross Bass, were stumping the state for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. Both campaigned at a furious pace. The...