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North Knox B&P may adopt ‘UpTown North’ name

by design | Apr 21, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Seems lots of north Knoxville neighborhoods like the idea of branding the area as “UpTown North” and George Bove, president of the North Knoxville Business and Professional Association, wants to rename the association with...

The Knoxville Focus for April 15, 2019

by design | Apr 14, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Vestal continues to deal with homeless By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Vestal Community Organization met last week and continued to wrestle with an increase in homeless people there. The meeting, at the South Knoxville Community Center, heard from Officer J....

The Bully Brigade vs. the Governor’s ESA

by Steve Hunley | Apr 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley There are frequent complaints about bullying in our schools and is it any wonder? On Saturday, April 6, Governor Bill Lee came to Knox County to speak at the Lincoln Day Dinner. A small group of teachers led by former local teachers’ union head...

Bud Armstrong addresses West Knoxville Republicans

by design | Apr 14, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong made a rare appearance at a local Republican Club early last week. “I don’t get to as many Republican Club meetings as I’d like to,” Armstrong told members of the West Knoxville Republican Club at its monthly...

The 1924 Senate Race in Tennessee, IV

by Ray Hill | Apr 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill By the last week of June, it was obvious to virtually everyone Senator John Knight Shields was in deep political trouble. Shields had been the last man elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to serve in the United States Senate after having served for...

Affordable housing discussed at Neighborhood Advisory Council

by design | Apr 14, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com When Knoxville’s Neighborhood Coordinator Debbie Sharp asked the Advisory Council what their main concerns were, the number one topic they wanted to address was affordable housing. During the NAC meeting last Wednesday, Becky Wade...

Simmons’ five goals lead Webb past Catholic in lacrosse

by design | Apr 14, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Lacrosse will become a new TSSAA sport in 2021-22, but a few local teams already are playing the fast-growing game and have been for a long time. In a rivalry matchup April 3 at David Meske Stadium on the Webb School campus, the Spartans were...

The Knoxville Focus for April 8, 2019

by design | Apr 7, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at GOP dinner By Ken Lay Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was the keynote speaker at the Knox County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in West Knoxville Saturday night. Lee, Tennessee’s 50th governor, spoke briefly at the annual fundraiser at the Rothchild Catering...

Deconstructing Recode Knoxville

by Steve Hunley | Apr 7, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley This past Thursday, April 4, the third City Council Recode Workshop was held. It was different from the first two workshops in that serious questions were finally asked to city council about why Recode is actually needed. In Philosophy there is a...

A ‘marriage’ is celebrated at the Change Center

by design | Apr 7, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams A $10,000 grant presented to the Change Center recently will be used for sports equipment for the hockey program and for basketball, said Nicole Chandler, Executive Director. The gift came from the Zaevion Dobson Memorial Foundation and was made in...