by design | Oct 1, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Community Honors Councilman Nick Pavlis By Pete Gawda The community came together to honor Nick Pavlis last Friday evening, as he prepares to close a sixteen-year run on the Knoxville City Council. “I’m going to ride my bike, play golf, and enjoy myself,” Pavlis said...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For six months I live without NFL football and I reckon I can live without it for the other six months. Evidently I’m not alone. Attendance is down and so are viewers. Perhaps more disturbing to team owners, so is revenue. Clearly, folks are unhappy...
by design | Oct 1, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Where can you find an antique tractor parade, a feed bag toss, a skillet toss and a pumpkin seed spitting contest? How about music, vendors and local authors? The Union County Heritage Festival is a one-day event Saturday, October...
by Ray Hill | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee had been staunchly for Woodrow Wilson, both in his 1912 campaign for the presidency and his 1916 reelection campaign. Tennessee’s junior United States senator, Kenneth D. McKellar, had been a fervent admirer of President Wilson as a member of the...
by design | Oct 1, 2017 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By David Klein Despite four turnovers, the Fulton Falcons dominated the visiting Carter Hornets on homecoming night at Fulton. Falcons’ quarterback Xavier Malone threw for 235 yards and four touchdowns, and running back Dorian Williamson scored three touchdowns in a...
by Mike Steely | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Want a visit to the past? Interested in ghost towns or almost ghost towns? Probably no place in our region is more typical of small, 1880s era towns than Bulls Gap in southern Hawkins County. Located between Morristown and Greeneville the little town began before the...
