Click here to view this week's Focus. Ruthie Kuhlman elected Chair of Knox County Republican Party By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com Despite the frigid temperatures on Saturday morning, Republicans from across Knox County filed into Central High School for the...

Click here to view the entire paper.   Knoxville’s Alzonzo Butler to represent at Box-Off   By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com Boxing guru Don Elbaum and financial backer Greg Sorrentino announced last week in New York the creation of a $500,000...

Please click here to view this week's Focus. MLK commission honors outstanding community leaders, organizations The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission presented special awards to two outstanding individuals as well as to a community center, an...

Click here to view this week's entire paper. Massey appointed Chairman of Senate Calendar Committee State Senator Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville) has been appointed Chairman of the Senate Calendar Committee.  The announcement was made by Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey as...

Click here to view this week's Focus online. Knoxville: There’s An App For That By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com Knoxville now has an app, thanks in part to Knoxville City Councilman Nick Della Volpe. “The Knoxville application is a handy index-like tool,...

Click here to view this week's Focus online.   Remembering Dr. Kelley By Sarah Baker bakers@knoxfocus.com Every teacher knows the famous words by Forest Witcraft:  “One hundred years from now it won’t matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived...

Please click here to view this week's entire Focus. Click here to view photos from the Seymour Christmas Parade. Focus launches 24/7 By Focus Staff Could you use some ‘good’ news? We thought so. With that in mind, The Focus is pleased to announce the launch of 24/7,...

  Click here to view this week's Focus online. Judge Tim Irwin Wants Your Stuffed Animals By Focus Staff When first seeing Tim Irwin, Judge of Knox County’s Juvenile Court, one likely doesn’t think about stuffed animals.  6’7 feet tall and weighing in at almost...

Click here to view this week's entire Focus online. Safety a factor in proposed JWPE By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com The list of officials and organizations opposed to the proposed extension of the James White Parkway continues to grow. To date Knox County...

  Please click here to view this week's entire Focus.   James White Parkway extension debate continues Battle lines have been drawn in South Knoxville, and they extend along Chapman Highway to Gov. John Sevier Highway.  The James White Parkway Extension...