by design | Sep 5, 2022 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Knox County leaders, judges sworn in By Ken Lay Knox County welcomed its new leaders and judges at a pair of swearing-in ceremonies last week. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs was sworn in for his second term at the Tennessee Theater Thursday morning. After being sworn...
by design | Sep 5, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kincannon… the Tax and Spend Mayor At the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive downtown is the Cradle of Country Music Park, which is a peaceful half-acre plot of land with five trees that have been here for...
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Vikings finally taste victory again, 44-36 By Steve Williams Tennessee School for the Deaf hadn’t won a football game since the coronavirus pandemic hit the Knoxville area in March of 2020. But after trailing South Carolina School for the Deaf most of the way last...
by design | Sep 5, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman Clifford Davis, V By Ray Hill Cliff Davis was sixty-six years old as he faced voters in the Democratic primary in August of 1964. For forty years, Cliff Davis had been a political favorite of the people of Shelby County, but his popularity was...
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FBA boys golf team is coming on strong By Steve Williams First Baptist Academy is in the midst of its best boys golf season ever. A little over a month into the season, the Eagles have had some head-turning performances despite being a young team with only two...
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Shouse given retirement send-off By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Dozens of well-wishers and past and present city and county officials assembled in the small assembly room of the City-County Building last Monday to honor Ed Shouse. Shouse, who is...
