by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
School board maintains 2024 legislative priorities By Ken Leinart Support of private school vouchers will not be part of Knox County Board of Education’s 2025 legislative priorities to be forwarded to the Tennessee Legislature. First District’s the Rev. John Butler...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Congressional Republicans Need To Stick Together The recent balloting for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives should serve as a lesson for Republicans. Congressmen Thomas Massie, Keith Self of Texas and Ralph Norman of...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
New coach has Farragut winning and growing By Steve Williams A brand new coach took over the boys’ wrestling program at Farragut High this season and the re-sults have been surprisingly good. Sixty-year-old Charlie Rohn and his family moved to Knoxville from Maryland...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Missionary In Politics: Walter Judd of Minnesota By Ray Hill Walter Judd lived a remarkable life, long in years and purpose. Judd was by profession a doctor and a good one. Judd was also a man of deep and abiding faith who worked as a medical missionary amongst the...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Martin’s big fourth quarter seals Rebels’ victory over Austin-East By Ken Lay For much of his team’s game against Austin-East Wednesday night, West High School forward Devyn Martin was sitting on the bench plagued by foul trouble, keeping him relatively quiet. Martin...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Catching up with Traveling Robert By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Robert Morales is better known as “Traveling Robert” and travels the United States and elsewhere producing videos on YouTube and Facebook. His adventures began in 2014 in a...
