by Ray Hill | Feb 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Governor Andrew Johnson easily overcame the powerful opposition of the Whig Party in Tennessee, as well as the more conservative elements in his own Democratic Party to win election to the United States Senate in 1857. Nor was Andrew Johnson satisfied to...
by design | Feb 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Give veteran Karns High basketball coach Lee Henson credit for thinking ahead in the closing seconds of the Beavers’ 62-61 double-overtime quarterfinal win over Powell in the District 3-AAA tournament Thursday night at Oak Ridge. And freshman guard...
by design | Feb 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams From South of the River to the Wild Blue Yonder. South-Doyle High School’s Santana Curtis is scheduled to report to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 24. He is one of several seniors on the Cherokees’ 2019 state...
by design | Feb 23, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville has again been recognized by its North American peers for leadership in effective budget presentation. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the City’s Finance Department a Distinguished...
by design | Feb 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Please join Knox County Schools for a Community Conversation on Disparities in Educational Outcomes. A presentation and breakout sessions will address: Discipline, Student Supports, School Culture and The Role of the KCS Ombudsman. Refreshments will be provided....
by design | Feb 21, 2020 | The Daily Focus
WHO: MEDIC Regional Blood Center WHAT: Critical Need for O Positive Low Inventory for O Negative, A Positive and A Negative On 2/21, donors will receive the Spring edition MEDIC t-shirt, Texas Roadhouse appetizer coupon and a...