by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Democrat Courtney Durrett surprised a lot of people recently by being elected to the Knox County Commission. She and her Republican opponent, Grant Rosenberg, ran honorable campaigns for Michele Carringer’s District 2...
by Ray Hill | Aug 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Roadrunners dig early hole with miscues on rainy night By Bill Howard Webb School of Knoxville and Austin-East Magnet School squared off last year on opening night of the football season at Webb, and the Spartans ground out a 3-0 win. Friday night at Sam Anderson...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams For months there was uncertainty on whether there would be a high school football season in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is at least off to a start and Gibbs and Halls received the distinction of being the first two teams in...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely More than a dozen decorated cars took part in a “pop-up” Suffrage Parade Saturday morning in Knoxville, taking various downtown routes and doubling back on sites like the East Tennessee History Museum, Market Square and the Suffrage Statues....
by design | Aug 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The Knox County Commission will be meeting via Zoom on Monday following a request from the health department. Three commissioners have been exposed to the virus and asked by the health department to stay home rather than attend the public meeting....