State Representative Ryan Haynes announced today that he has asked his team of state lawyers (as a legislator he has access to lawyers to help create bills) to look into the rules and regulations of creating a law involving term limits for school board members. This is being done in response to a request from […]
In a first of its kind, The Knoxville Focus with the permission of the County Mayor’s Office, took on a unique photographic project. The idea was to photograph, not the Mayor, but the finance director before, during, and after the budget was presented to commission. Over the course of more than twenty hours and over […]
Teams camp overnight to show that cancer never sleeps The American Cancer Society hosts the Relay For Life of North Knoxville each year to raise awareness about cancer. This year’s event will be held on May 3-4 at Tennova North Campus from 6 p.m. -6 a.m. There will be a Zumbathon from 8-10 p.m. The […]
According to the Knox County application page for solicitation, it appears bed bugs might be a concern with library officials. As listed bellow the county is looking for a canine service that can locate bed bugs in our libraries. http://knoxcounty.org/purchasing/pdfs/showfile.php?id=2641 4.1 SCOPE OF WORK: The scope of work for this solicitation is to perform Canine Pest […]
MAYOR ROGERO ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP TEAM Mayor Madeline Rogero and Deputy to the Mayor/Chief Operating Officer Eddie Mannis announced today that Mr. Mannis will be leaving his role at the City on June 1st to pursue business expansion opportunities for Prestige Cleaners and to devote more time to his work with HonorAir Knoxville. “I […]
Crews pack up after safely blowing up the package.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office detonated a suspicious package left on top of a mailbox at the Farragut Post Office this morning. Developing…
Who: Knox County Parks and Recreation What: Splash pads open for 2013 season When: Saturday, May 4 Where: Carl Cowan Park 10058 Northshore Drive New Harvest Park 4775 New Harvest Lane Powell Station Park 2318 Emory Road, Lot-A Background: Knox County Parks and Recreation will open its splash pads for the 2013 season on Saturday, May […]
The second annual Let’s Move! Knoxville event will be held on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Victor Ashe Park, located at 4901 Bradshaw Rd, and Holston Chilhowee Ball Park, located at 5900 Asheville Hwy. The event is free to the public and will feature a greenway of activities aimed at […]
We hope you will be able to join us for the Farragut Art in the Park Gallery Reception & Sale on Monday, April 29th at The Gallery at Renaissance | Farragut. Featured this year will be a Steve Black Retrospective and memorial gift to Frankie Black. We are honored to have Frankie’s involvement, as Steve was such […]