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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Emerald Academy: Positively Impacting City Scholars for Ten Years By Focus Staff Eriana Spencer moved to Knoxville at five years old to live with her grandparents. She started her schooling at a traditional public school, but by 2016, as sixth grade approached, her...
2024’s Biggest Losers: The Mainstream Media and the Far Left By Steve Hunley As we welcome the New Year, we can also reflect on a stormy 2024 and select the biggest winners and losers. The biggest winner of 2024 has to be Donald Trump who stunned the political...
Glover, Bearden product, making comeback at OSU By Steve Williams Ques Glover is keeping his eye on the goal more ways than one. In other words, scoring baskets could lead him to a professional career. The Bearden High product is in his sixth and last season on the...
‘Sunny Jim’ James E. Watson of Indiana By Ray Hill For half a century, James Eli Watson was an important factor in Indiana politics. For most of that time, Watson occupied a seat in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. A jovial fellow...
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