by design | Apr 27, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Throughout all phases, it is recommended that people who are at-risk should still stay at home as much as possible. People should continue to wear cloth masks. “We are starting a new normal.” Starting May 1, Knox County and the City of Knoxville will begin...
by design | Apr 26, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mayors working on plans to reopen businesses Knox County will continue operating under Governor Bill Lee’s Safer at Home Order through April 30. The joint City/County Task Force—convened by the Knox County Health Department—has advised Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
School System Must Begin to Prepare Now By Steve Hunley Bob Thomas, superintendent of the Knox County School system, was recently interviewed by another media outlet and stated plainly, “We weren’t prepared” for the coronavirus. Nobody was, nor could they be. As I...
by design | Apr 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Next Step Initiative was founded by two sisters, Addie Arbach and Rebecca Parr, who believed that through compassion, hope and love, they could have an impact on the lives of those living with issues of generational...
by Ray Hill | Apr 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Senator Luke Lea was so unpopular with his fellow Democrats, the party machinery moved up the election for the Democratic nomination to November of 1915, a full year in advance of the regular general election in 1916. For the first and only time, the...
by design | Apr 26, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The coronavirus pandemic forced Braden Gaston to take a bit of a leap of faith. And that has landed him on the track team at Tennessee Wesleyan University. Gaston, a senior at Central High School, signed his National Letter of Intent to run hurdles and...