by design | Jul 19, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Hardin Valley Couple Celebrates 75 Years of Marriage When John and Julia exchanged wedding vows on June 9, 1951, Harry Truman was president, television was still a novelty in many homes, and America was just beginning a period of remarkable change. Seventy-five years...
by design | Jul 19, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Florence Price Dwyer was a political pioneer, elected to Congress at a time when women were rarely participating in the general workforce outside of teaching. A Republican, Florence Dwyer had long been active in local politics before taking the plunge to...
by design | Jul 19, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The background of South-Doyle High’s new head football coach is hard to believe. Zack Gibson has worked hard the past 12 years to get where he is today, and that’s being the new head coach of the Cherokees. “I’ve been in it a little bit longer than...
by design | Jul 19, 2026 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Early voting started Friday for a long ballot that includes four Knox County Commission seats that will be turned over to new faces. The current commission chair from District 3, Gina Oster, lost to Sheri Super in the...
by design | Jul 19, 2026 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Members of the East Tennessee Juvenile Detention Advisory Board will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the main courtroom at 3323 Division Street. The meeting was announced Wednesday by Juvenile Court Judge and...
by design | Jul 18, 2026 | The Daily Focus
The Randall E. Nichols Family Justice Center wants to reassure the community that we remain open and fully operational at 400 Harriet Tubman Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, continuing our mission of providing comprehensive, trauma-informed services to survivors of...
