by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Early Voting Underway By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voters are in the midst of Early Voting in Knox County and will continue to choose their primary candidates through Thursday, April 28. May 3 is Election Day. “The first two days were slow but...
by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Bud Armstrong Will Always Put “We The People” First It is no surprise to anyone that a few lawyers aren’t big boosters of former Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong. It was Armstrong who streamlined much of the processes from which...
by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Terry Caruthers is a special project librarian for the McClung Collection of the Knox County Public Library system. She’s a Colonial Village neighborhood resident and was in the last class to graduate from Young High...
by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Every so often I am reminded of my age by recalling those leaders of my youth; most of them are gone now. Howard Baker, Bill Brock, John Duncan, Sr., Jimmy Quillen and Robin Beard. Former governor Winfield Dunn is still very much with us, thank God. It...
by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams
By Steve WIlliams Elston Turner is in the fourth quarter of his coaching career. The 62-year-old Knoxville native has had a remarkable run as an assistant for 24 years in the NBA but has never been a head coach. He has come close a few times to realizing that dream...
by design | Apr 17, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The Central High School-Karns High School baseball rivalry is one of Knoxville’s oldest and it has deep roots. The Bobcats and Beavers have been league rivals for years. Thus, they have played numerous times over the years and have had some memorable...