Recode meeting long, confrontational By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The year of 2019 may well be remembered as the year Knoxville City Council struggled with Recode. A second marathon session on Recode became exhausting and labored as the city council once again...

Penny Schwinn visits South Knox Elementary By Ken Lay Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn made a stop in Knoxville Wednesday morning and came to South Knoxville Elementary School. Her stay was brief but the morning was busy for Schwinn, who gave the opening...

Mayoral candidates field questions from Town Hall East By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If four of the candidates for Knoxville city mayor agree on anything they agree that the Recode effort needs to be postponed or stopped. Town Hall East asked the candidates...

Whittle Springs golf course ranked No. 4 Most Improved By Steve Williams The old golf course needed some tender loving care. And as it turned out, whom better to see and understand that than Knoxville’s lady mayor. But in 2015 someone had to let Madeline Rogero know...

Governor’s ESA Legislation Passes! By Steve Hunley True to his word on the campaign trail last year, Governor Bill Lee asked the Tennessee General Assembly to pass his Educational Savings Account bill to give Tennessee families and students a choice in their future....

'Grand Goals' presented by Mayor Rogero By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We still have a lot to accomplish,” Mayor Madeline Rogero told the large audience attending the “State of the City” budget address Friday. She also said she and her staff are “gearing up for...

Bicycle lane marking, Jackson Avenue ramps, Arthur Seymour honors By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote on a variety of items including honors for the well-respected late attorney Arthur Seymour, Jr. He...

Vestal continues to deal with homeless By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Vestal Community Organization met last week and continued to wrestle with an increase in homeless people there. The meeting, at the South Knoxville Community Center, heard from Officer J....

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at GOP dinner By Ken Lay Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was the keynote speaker at the Knox County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in West Knoxville Saturday night. Lee, Tennessee’s 50th governor, spoke briefly at the annual fundraiser at the Rothchild Catering...

Corryton Senior Center Welcomes Mayor Glenn Jacobs By Amy Box Fellhoelter Upon entering the 13-year-old Corryton Senior Center, you not only step onto their walking track, but also into a place of warm, welcoming smiles from staff and community members. This was...