by Steve Hunley | Apr 4, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Board of Health Follies The Knox County Commission has finally done exactly what everybody expected it to do; i.e. make the county’s Board of Health an advisory body. It places responsibility squarely upon the shoulders of county health director Martha...
by design | Apr 4, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You’ve seen her on television and on the ever popular TikTok app or you’ve heard her on Knoxville Radio. Now a days it seems Tonya Stoutt-Brown is everywhere in the media. She’s animated, quirky and just plain...
by Ray Hill | Apr 4, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece had first been elected to Congress to represent Tennessee’s First District in 1920 when he had defeated incumbent congressman Sam R. Sells in the Republican primary. 1920 had been a banner year for Republicans in Tennessee with the GOP...
by design | Apr 4, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Signing Littlejohn is ‘feather in the cap’ By Steve Williams Devean Littlejohn has advanced to the next level in his bowling career. And there may be another level after this one. The first-ever TSSAA Division I boys state champion to represent Knox County signed an...
by design | Apr 4, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Every Karns fan in the stands was probably scared to death, wondering if the right fielder was going to get there in time to make the catch. But Elizabeth Breeden didn’t let them down. She got there just in time to make the game-ending catch and give...
by design | Apr 4, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely The Knoxville Office of Neighborhoods, which had to cancel its annual Neighborhood Conference last year because of the pandemic, held it virtually Saturday, March 27, in a pre-produced yet interactive event. Dr. Charles Lomax Jr., director of community...