By Pete Gawda Drainage and homelessness were two issues that occupied a good portion of the Tuesday, Oct. 23 meeting of the Knoxville City Council. An agreement was reached in the appeal by Ronnie Collins, president of the Alice Bell/Spring Hill Neighborhood...
Well-Key Urgent Care is the Healthy Choice
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Do you need medical care at about one-third the cost of emergency room visits? How about visiting Well-Key Urgent Care, where you’ll find seven-day a week service, x-rays, labs, and physicians on-site. Well-Key is named for...
‘Pumpkins for Piggies’ called for by Hooves & Feathers
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com What are you going to do with those leftover pumpkins from Halloween? Rather than trashing them why not donate them to Hooves & Feathers Farm Animals Humane Society? The new non-profit organization is collecting for their pigs...
Three Halls players and head coach ejected in win at Seymour
By Steve Williams Three players from Halls and two from Seymour were ejected for fighting in the two teams’ high school football game Thursday night at Seymour High School. Halls High head football coach Jeremy Bosken also was ejected for unsportsmanlike...
The Knoxville Focus for October 22, 2018
10th Annual Pink Ribbon Celebration will honor breast cancer survivors By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The 10th annual Pink Ribbon Celebration will be held at the Grande Event Center just off Merchants Road Tuesday, October 30th and it looks like the event might...
E-911 Board looking for new director
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The E-911 Board of Directors is looking to hire a new executive director and Wednesday morning the board heard from Knoxville Fire Chief Stan Sharp on the search. Sharp told his fellow board members that the search committee...
Early Voting Underway
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Ten days remain for early voting in Knox County and a heavy turnout is expected. Voters will be choosing a new Tennessee governor, and a new U.S. congressman and senator. Local races include selecting members of the...
Lady Spartans make history with sixth straight volleyball title
By Ken Lay MURFREESBORO --- Six and counting. That’s where Webb School of Knoxville’s volleyball team’s state championship stands. The Lady Spartans made a little history Thursday morning when they swept past Division II-A East Region District 1 Concord...
Longtime workers help make Game Days happen
By Steve Williams High school football teams usually have only five home games during the regular season each year, so it is a special occasion each time one is on the schedule. A lot of folks behind the scenes help make it happen, too! You got to have a chain...
The Knoxville Focus for October 15, 2018
UT honors exemplary community advocates, collaborators, alumni The Department of Theory and Practice in Teacher Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences held their 5th Annual Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, October 11 at the UT Visitors...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...