by design | Mar 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com New City Councilman Tommy Smith said “Here” for the first time Tuesday as he took his seat to represent District 1 on the Knoxville City Council. Smith was chosen by the council recently to replace Stephanie...
by design | Mar 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com It is true, some meetings of the Knox County Commission seem to go on forever. The sessions, which start at 5 p.m. have been known to stretch out five and six hours. In order to speed things up, the Commission’s Rules...
by Ray Hill | Mar 1, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill William Gannaway Brownlow, better known to Tennesseans as “Parson” Brownlow, was another Volunteer State governor who made it to the United States Senate. Brownlow was as colorful a character, perhaps even more so, than his predecessor, Andrew Johnson. By...
by design | Mar 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Powell got off to a great start in the District 3-AAA girls basketball championship game. The Lady Panthers led by nine points over halfway through the opening period at Oak Ridge and Bailey Trumm’s third 3-point basket had them ahead by eight...
by design | Mar 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mark Nagi Last season the Bearden Bulldogs achieved their dreams, winning the Class AAA championship in boys’ basketball for the first time in program history. They’ve got some work to do if they are going to get back to Murfreesboro. On Tuesday, February...
by design | Mar 1, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Dear Knoxville and Area News: By now many of you have heard about the situation of the Asian carp approaching Watts Bar, Tellico and Ft. Loudon Lakes. Action needs to be taken immediately to prevent this invasion into our lakes. The effects of this invasion are...
