by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
From farmland to historic homes: Old North Knoxville By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Back in 1889, the growing streetcar suburb of North Knoxville had developed as its own community complete with paved streets, a fire station and city hall, a school...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Jesse Wolcott of Michigan By Ray Hill Short, chunky, and bespectacled, Jesse Wolcott looked more like a small town lawyer or accountant than the ideal of a congressman. Yet the framers of the Constitution meant for the House of Representatives to be the people’s House...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley State Legislature To Consider County Primary Election Change The Tennessee General Assembly has begun its new session and legislators are busy dropping bills, organizing committees and getting underway. One of the more interesting proposals is...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Defense propels Lady Admirals past Bearden in postseason tournament By Ken Lay A stifling defense enabled the top seed to advance in the Knox County Middle School Class 3A girls basketball tournament last week. The Farragut Lady Admirals turned up the defensive...
by design | Jan 22, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Sneak Peek at 2023: West schedule looks even tougher By Steve Williams Many high school football fans probably did a double take at West High’s non-region schedule in 2022. You just don’t see many teams intentionally lining up games against Alcoa and Maryville, two...
