by design | Nov 29, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The air smelled of smoke on a clear day early last week as history came to life for the students of South Knoxville Elementary School with “History Over an Open Fire.” The lunchtime program was made possible by Held Law Firm, the Mabry-Hazen House and...
by Ray Hill | Nov 29, 2020 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Matthew Mansfield Neely may be the most resilient politician in our nation’s history. Perhaps the only person in recorded history who made a better comeback than Neely was Lazarus and while Lazarus came back from the dead only once, Neely came back from...
by design | Nov 29, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Bill Howard Maybe the newest member of Knoxville’s park system will bring the community a measure of unity it badly needs in these divided times. It was designed to do exactly that. On Thursday, November 19, Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks...
by design | Nov 29, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams It was the year of the Roadrunner in the Knox Metro Youth Football League. Out of the eight title games, the Baby Roadrunners won four championships and were runners-up in another one. “We had a tremendous year,” said Melvin Tate, who is a member of...
by design | Nov 29, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Home Instead’s Be a Santa to a Senior Program finds new ways to spread cheer Program coordinators evaluated the important holiday program and made adjustments with the safety of donors, seniors and volunteers in mind. With Knoxville area seniors more isolated...
by design | Nov 28, 2020 | The Daily Focus
In this season of giving, Secretary of State Tre Hargett cautions Tennesseans to be wary of scams when making charitable donations. “Tennesseans are generous and support each other in times of need, especially around the holidays,” said Secretary Hargett....
