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  • The Knoxville Focus for October 13, 2025
  • Publisher’s Positions
  • ‘Comeback boys’ lift HVA to state crown
  • Songwriters to perform Oct. 14 at library’s Fountain City Music Festival
  • Visit Loudon during October for history and ghosts
  • The Knoxville Focus for October 6, 2025
  • Publisher’s Positions
  • Long recognized as Principal of the Year
  • The Gentleman From Colorado: Eugene D. Millikin
  • Trevor Bayne appears at Fountain City Fall Fest

According to State Senator Stacey Campfield, security at the City County Building downtown is tight these days. In fact, its so tight, they confiscated his trusty 10ft tape measure as a potential “deadly weapon.”

Campfield posed the following question to his Facebook followers later in the day: “What am I going to do- measure someone to death?”

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    Oct 12, 2025
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  • Songwriters to perform Oct. 14 at library’s Fountain City Music Festival

    Oct 12, 2025
  • Visit Loudon during October for history and ghosts

    Oct 12, 2025
  • The Knoxville Focus for October 6, 2025

    Oct 05, 2025
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