by design | Nov 11, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The one bright blue spot in Tuesday’s election was the victory of Gloria Johnson who won the 13th District Tennessee House race over incumbent Republican Eddie Smith. Johnson won with about 55% of the vote in a state and...
by design | Nov 11, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Central High’s football team has a big challenge ahead of it this week in the TSSAA 5A playoffs. Region 1 champion David Crockett High will be riding into Fountain City with a 12-0 record. In their second round game last week, the Pioneers posted a...
by Mark Nagi | Nov 11, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Alex Norman The most highly anticipated men’s basketball season in years got underway in solid fashion for Tennessee with two victories. On Tuesday, November 6th the Vols beat Lenoir-Rhyne 86-41. Over 16,000 fans saw the Vols defeat head coach Rick Barnes’s...
by design | Nov 11, 2018 | The Daily Focus
~ from UTAD KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee used a balanced offensive attack and stifling defense to take down #11/12/12 Kentucky, 24-7, on Saturday night for the Volunteers’ 17th-straight victory over the Wildcats at Neyland Stadium. “We challenged our...
by design | Nov 10, 2018 | The Daily Focus
As part of next week’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, UT will host events to bring awareness to these two pressing issues. Founded in 1975 at Villanova University, the national event is held at more than 700 locations nationwide each year to draw...
by design | Nov 9, 2018 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Athletics’ “Salute to Service” weekend begins this Friday as the Volunteers will recognize active members of the military and veterans through Sunday. The weekend kicks off with the National Gold Star Memorial. Titled, “Remembering Our Fallen,” the memorial...