by design | Sep 3, 2018 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
New leadership for Knox County take the oath By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com No less than 17 new county officials and school board members took the Oath of office Friday morning including the new Knox County Mayor and new Knox County Sheriff. Mayor Glenn...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Republican Bill Lee will face off with Democrat Karl Dean to serve as Tennessee’s next governor in the November general election. Lee and Dean are both leaders with very different backgrounds. Lee has never run for political office before and...
by design | Sep 3, 2018 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com At the entrance to the church is a simple white post with words written on both sides representing four different religions: Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Islamic. All of the simple quotes reflect the same ideal: “Do unto...
by Ray Hill | Sep 3, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill When Congressman J. Will Taylor died on November 14, 1939, it sent shock waves through Tennessee’s political community. Taylor had long been enormously popular inside Tennessee’s Second Congressional district and “Hillbilly Bill” had exercised...
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By Steve Williams West High School may have a new athletic director in Chris Caruthers, but he has been around the business for more than a decade. “Goal No. 1 for any athletic director has got to be to protect the integrity of the program,” said Caruthers recently....
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By Ken Lay Jeana Vaughn has always been a collector and now, she owns a Fountain City store where she hopes her customers may find merchandise that may bring back some fond memories. Vaughn recently opened Vintage, Etc. at 3000 Tazewell Pike. It’s listed as a...