by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Fulmer addresses annual 365 Days of Hope event UT Athletic Director Phillip Fulmer spoke Thursday to the Catholic Charities of East Tennessee annual luncheon “365 Days of Hope” at The Press Room on Broadway and talked about the university’s sports program and his...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Lord have mercy! Mayoral candidate Indya Kincannon has just let go of a press release announcing, if elected, she will create an Office of Innovation. Don’t you reckon it’s finally time somebody thought of that? I suppose it would not be nice to point...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The Gibbs Elementary School gymnasium has a new name. It was dedicated and named in honor of the late Larry Graham, a longtime teacher and coach who taught physical education and match in the Knox County School system for four decades. Graham spent 27 years...
by Ray Hill | Oct 27, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It was hardly surprising Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. had been elected to Congress from Tennessee’s “Hermitage District”, site of General Andrew Jackson’s plantation home. The district had been represented for twenty-eight years by Joseph W. Byrns, father of the...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Central’s highly regarded football team had a tough time holding on to the football in the rainy conditions at Billy K. Nicely Stadium in South Knoxville Friday night. But the Bobcats had an even tougher time getting a hold of Elijah Young. The...
by design | Oct 27, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman The undefeated Powell Panthers entered last Thursday night’s game against Oak Ridge knowing that with a win, they’d capture a region championship. It wasn’t easy and took 20 unanswered points against a game Oak Ridge squad to do it, but the Panthers...