Council working on updating city election rules By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council may soon begin voting on changing future city elections to comply with a new state law. Until now, voters chose their district candidates in a...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Becky Duncan Massey Is Best Choice For State Senate The Inside Tennessee show over at WBIR had state Senator Becky Duncan Massey and her challenger, Monica Irvine, on last week. The conversation between the two opponents inside...
Wow! Helton makes himself at home By Steve Williams Fountain City Ball Park, Lindsey Nelson Stadium and Coors Field. They were homes away from home for Todd Helton in his baseball career. Sunday he was welcomed into a new home at 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York....
Robert L. Ramsay of West Virginia By Ray Hill I have oftentimes stated my belief that the U.S. House of Representatives, for better or worse, is a reflection of those people who send a congressman to Washington, D.C. Most congressmen work in anonymity, even in today’s...
Lane has all the keys to use at Central now By Steve Williams Kevin Lane has been a coach on the local high school football scene for 21 seasons, but this year is his first head job. He has returned to Central, where he started his coaching career under Joel Helton in...
Dogwood Arts announces large-scale mural project in North Knoxville Dogwood Arts and Visit Knoxville are excited to announce a large-scale public art project unlike any other in our area. The project will transform an unassuming, little used space into an extensive...
Prep sports ticket prices to increase this fall By Ken Leinart It will cost more to attend Knox County Schools sporting events beginning this fall. Knox County Board of Education brought up the proposal during a Monday, July 8, workshop session to raise ticket prices...
Are the Liberal Media and Elites Abandoning Biden? By Steve Hunley Suddenly voices are being raised about the egregiously obvious cognitive decline of Joe Biden. That fount of knowledge and “statesman” George Clooney, who hosted a fundraiser in Hollywood that...
Helton had ‘it’ and more to get to Cooperstown Rockies’ Hurdle didn’t manage a ‘fiercer competitor’ By Steve Williams Todd Helton was seen often with a dark beard when he played for the Colorado Rockies. But former manager Clint Hurdle remembers a “baby-faced kid” the...
Bluegrass Statesman Marvel M. Logan of Kentucky By Ray Hill “The old have wisdom that the young know not of,” Marvel Mills Logan once wrote. With each passing day, the more I agree with that statement. Marvel M. Logan is a name long forgotten by most, but for a time...
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