by design | Apr 12, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Special Easter egg hunt in Norwood goes viral By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Something special happened last week in the Norwood neighborhood. Resident Ashley Lyons was lamenting the lack of a group Easter Egg Hunt. She took to the Nextdoor website...
by design | Apr 12, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay For more than a decade, Alan “Red” Barton has been a fixture around both the Bearden High School boys and girls soccer teams. He doesn’t coach but he can do just about everything else as he’s part of the Press Box Crew at the home of the Bearden...
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By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “We’re going to follow the law, we’re the gatekeepers of democracy,” said Chris Davis on Tuesday after he was selected to replace Cliff Rodgers as the executive director of Knox County Elections. Rodgers will retire...
by Ray Hill | Apr 12, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Malcolm Rice Patterson enjoyed a meteoric rise in Tennessee politics until the consequences of his own actions ended his career. Redheaded, thin, with angular features, Malcolm Patterson was known throughout Tennessee as a dynamic and gifted speaker. ...
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By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com In the spring of 1863 Cumberland Gap was firmly in Confederate hands and it seemed, for a few months, that the war had moved elsewhere. However, by September the historic pass would again come under siege and then...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 12, 2020 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They said, “Creed tore it up!” I heard that comment referring to Creed Daniel’s piano playing at the Grainger County Tomato Festival last year. The long-time Grainger County attorney’s talents are certainly not limited to...
