By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Pond Gap Neighborhood Association has been celebrating its history and establishing its identity for several years now. These efforts have included placing street flags and banners on utility poles, fighting and...
The Knoxville Focus for July 6, 2021
Sweet P’s opens new location in Fountain City By Ken Lay Fountain City’s newest restaurant is opening today (July 6). Knoxville’s Sweet P’s chain is expanding and will have a new home on the north end of town. Sweet P’s Uptown Corner, located at 3029 Tazewell Pike,...
Government monopolies vs. private businesses
By Steve Hunley Last week, the Knoxville City Council voted to allow the Knoxville Utilities Board to go into the broadband business. KUB is preparing to spend $700 million of ratepayer’s money over a period of seven years to launch their new project. Of course they...
Carlson doesn’t hold back
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Tucker Carlson is the most courageous person on national television today. Night after night, he takes on liberal and left-wing billionaires, anti-white racism, and other topics others are too politically ‘correct’ to touch....
Milton R. Young of North Dakota
By Ray Hill Milton Ruben Young is a name very few of my readers are likely familiar with and he was an improbable member of the United States Senate. Even in his native state of North Dakota, Young is something of vague figure despite almost thirty-six years of...
628 Days
To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots. Alexander Solzhenitsyn By Dr. Jim Ferguson This is a special time for me because as I begin this essay my daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren are winging their way to Knoxville from Portland, Oregon. Due to...
The Dumbing Down of American Education
By Dr. Harold A. Black I just celebrated my 76th birthday and as a lifelong academic I am appalled by the continuing dumbing down of academic standards. Princeton University’s announcement that Latin and Greek will no longer be required for a major in Classics has...
East Tennessee wasn’t settled by just the Scots-Irish
By Mike Steely Lots of folks in our state are in search of their roots and many often find their ancestors were basically Scots-Irish with a touch of Northern Europe mixed in. Some find Native American or other races in the mix. Yet, in the founding and early days of...
‘Upon my word as a gentleman’
By Tom Mattingly The early years of Tennessee football were not without their share of history-making occurrences. The Tennessee football program was lucky to have survived the 1893 season, the third in school history. The team lost by 56-0 to Kentucky A&M...
Campbell Maben has experienced winning and living
By Steve Williams Maddie Maben, L&N STEM Academy’s female Student-Athlete of the Year, was one of the triplets who played tennis at L&N during their high school careers. While Maddie was a state runner-up in singles this year in TSSAA’s Small School...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...