by design | Nov 13, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Local Republicans celebrate victory, high voter turnout By Ken Lay Knox County Republicans celebrated victories Tuesday night at a watch party at the Crowne Plaza. Returns were late due to technical issues and several area precincts ran out of ballots throughout the...
by design | Nov 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Herrera Moves On On the heels of the midterm elections comes the announcement by Daniel Herrera that he will not seek another term as chairman of the Knox County Republican Party. The GOP held an election night get-together at the Crowne Plaza that was...
by design | Nov 13, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
A-E’s Bertram is one of 16 new head coaches By Steve Williams There are a lot of new faces on the Knox County high school basketball scene this year with 16 new boys’ and girls’ head coaches. Preseason practice started Oct. 31 and Hall of Champions Games will be...
by design | Nov 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Last Civil War Veteran in Congress Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina By Ray Hill Charles Manly Stedman had announced he would not run again to represent his people in Congress in 1930. The eighty-nine-year-old congressman had served for the past twenty...
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Democrats encouraged by turnout, two victories By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Turnout for Tuesday’s state and federal election in Knox County was huge, with 128,234 voters voting in person or absentee. The increased turnout encouraged local...
