by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Three Rivers Republican Club elects new officers By Ken Lay Knox County’s Republican Party has a new chairman. But he is a familiar face. Buddy Burkhardt was named chairman recently and he’s promising to return the party to the grassroots. “My vacation is over and I’m...
by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Last week, I received three emails all pointing to the problem created by the homeless inside the City of Knoxville. All of the writers were, to the best of my knowledge, residents of Knoxville and one asked the question, “When is enough, enough?”...
by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Webb’s Walls: a scorer, defender and leader By Steve Williams Versatile may be the best word to describe Lukas Walls as a basketball player. The 6-4 Webb School shooting guard is The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ Knox County boys’ Player of the Year. Walls received the...
by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It is truly rare for a politician to be a fixture of the politics of his or her community, state or nation. It does happen, but those political figures whose influence and or service span generations are rare. Ken Hechler was one of those scarce...
by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Seymour’s third quarter shutout leads to region title By Steve Williams The Halls vs. Seymour Region 2-3A girls title game was rocking along nip and tuck like most fans expected last week. Then the third quarter happened. Halls was shut out and the host Lady Eagles...
by design | Mar 5, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Karns hangs on in wild OT win over Oak Ridge in Region 2-4A semi, 78-72 By Bill Howard It was a game that seemed to have as many lead and momentum changes as points scored. In the end, Karns High School’s boys’ basketball team held on for a wild, 78-72 overtime...
