by design | Jul 6, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Free Online Event Featuring 100+ Authors – October 1-11, 2020 The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word announced that its 32nd annual event will take place October 1-11, 2020 online and free-of-charge. Humanities Tennessee, the...
by design | Jul 6, 2020 | Public Notice
COURT NOTICES Non-resident Notice IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE AT TAZEWELL Case No.19,506 IN THE MATTER OF: C.B. DOB xx-xx-xxxx A minor child under the age of 18. CANDICE LEANNE BROGAN, (Mother) 165 CAROL...
by design | Jul 5, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox Health Board mandates masks By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Wednesday’s meeting of the Knox County Board of Health saw masks being required in most indoor businesses to flatten the surge of COVID-19 but the effort saw some resistance. The...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Reviving Gov. Lee’s ESSA Plan? In May of this year, a Nashville judge ruled Governor Bill Lee’s educational savings account legislation, approved by the Tennessee General Assembly, unconstitutional. A collective “hurrah” went up from teachers’ unions,...
by design | Jul 5, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com If you are a graduate of any Knox County school you may be interested in the Knox County Museum of Education, next to Old South High School. The volunteer-operated, non-profit museum has just about everything, from...
by Ray Hill | Jul 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill When the Founding Fathers came up with the House of Representatives as a legislative instrument meant to reflect the will of the people, they succeeded perhaps better than they could possibly have known. The body has endured remarkably well since the...