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Personal Side of Dwight Kessel

by Ralphine Major | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Part 12, Final in series on Wallace Dwight Kessel By Ralphine Major He has led a full and varied life.  Knox County’s first County Executive was very active in his church.    A member of First Baptist Church Knoxville, Dwight Kessel was elected deacon in 1978, served...

Larsen Jay Kicks Off Re-election Campaign

by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Focus Staff Larsen Jay, chairman of the Knox County Commission, kicked off his re-election campaign to serve once again as commissioner-at-large.  Knox County has two commission seats elected countywide, while the other members are elected by district. Jay hosted...

New Webb coach has a star pupil in the making

by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Bronze Medal winner is coaching jumpers   By Steve Williams The newest member of Webb School’s track and field coaching staff has a world class background as an athlete. Jerome Romain earned the Bronze Medal in the triple jump event at the World Championships in...

Warriors have been up early; Beavers are more eager

by design | May 16, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

EMMA HENDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY / Twitter: @emma_b_hend13 Carter quarterback Presean Brown, an upcoming junior, takes a snap at one of the Hornets’ spring practices. Carter, under the direction of second-year head coach Justin Pressley, capped its spring drills with a...

‘A storm blowing over a Kansas farm house’

by Tom Mattingly | May 16, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:

  By Tom Mattingly When the Football Writers Association of America selected a Quarter Century All-SEC team for the years 1950-74 in December 1975, the only unanimous selection was Douglas Leon Atkins of Humboldt, Tenn., a legendary Vol from the years 1950 -52....

Ijams Nature Center, Central Cinema kick off 2021 Movies Under the Stars June 4 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by design | May 16, 2021 | The Daily Focus

Ijams Nature Center and Central Cinema will welcome back movie lovers to the lawn for the 2021 Movies Under the Stars, presented by Cherokee Distributing Co. and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., starting June 4. Moviegoers are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to...
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