by design | Dec 22, 2019 | Archived Editions, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Pension Board may be added to lawsuit By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Chancery Judge John Weaver quizzed attorney John Owings Thursday morning about the Knox County Retirement and Pension Board entering the lawsuit between Knox County Citizens and...
by design | Dec 22, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “I’m going to veto it,” Mayor Glenn Jacobs told the media following the first vote by the Knox County Commission to authorize a feasibility study on Knoxville Center Mall. The motion, introduced by Commissioner...
by design | Dec 22, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Bill Howard The Christmas holidays can be a happy and joyous time with family and friends. Or they can be anything but, for those who are alone, or need regular care. It can be an especially difficult time for the elderly or infirm. Because of the generosity...
by design | Dec 22, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Tuesdays and Wednesdays are busy days for Angelic Ministries. On those days, every week, people in need come there for food, furniture, linens, kitchen supplies, clothing and personal care items. In the Christmas...
by Ray Hill | Dec 22, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Colonel Luke Lea, away in Europe during the First World War, had never gotten along with John Knight Shields when they were colleagues in the United States Senate. Lea’s newspaper, the Nashville Tennessean sided with Shields’ opponent, Governor Tom Rye in...
by design | Dec 22, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Cheri Duncan’s cheerleaders did their part in helping Halls High School make Christmas brighter for many families this year. The cheer squad “adopted” a family for Christmas and provided gifts for them. The adoption was part of the school’s...