by design | Aug 2, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Early voting totals higher than expected By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Early voting ended Saturday and Knox County residents have turned out in large numbers despite the COVID-19 pandemic. “Overall, turnout has been much higher than anticipated,”...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 2, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley First District Congressman Tennessee voters will likely be electing a new congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District in a matter of days. The First District is upper East Tennessee, running basically from Sevier County all the way to...
by design | Aug 2, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The construction of a new Veterans Memorial was announced Thursday morning at the Solway Baptist Church and the long-sought project had taken the efforts of many people, organizations and businesses. The Solway...
by Ray Hill | Aug 2, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Both of Tennessee’s seats in the United States Senate were up for election in 1964, just as they had been thirty years earlier in 1934. Thirty years later, Tennesseans would go to the polls to elect two U. S. senators yet again in 1994. Senator Estes...
by Tom Mattingly | Aug 2, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly Does anybody in the reading audience remember the first time they went to a game at Shields-Watkins Field or, after the 1962 Alabama game, Neyland Stadium? For me, the day was Oct. 5, 1957, when the Vols squared off against Mississippi State. Kickoff...
by design | Aug 2, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Six years ago, Nick Craney was a budding defensive coach on Bryson Rosser’s first Central team and former McMinn County High quarterback Nathan Simbeck was assisting the Bobcats as a volunteer coach while finishing his undergraduate studies at UT....
