Knoxville resident owns tiny home in Lonsdale Community By Ken Lay Connor Georgopoulous has realized a lifelong dream. He shared that dream with the city on Tuesday. He now owns his own home, a 250-square-foot house on Ohio Avenue in the Lonsdale Community. He’s...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Will Bicycles and Electric Cars Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? Remember Debbie Helsley’s campaign for mayor of Knox County and her “bold” climate change plan? Helsley never uttered a word about the effect of inflation or rising...
Author and forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass speaks to area seniors By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Forensic anthropologist and author Dr. William Bass spoke at the John O’Connor Senior Center Thursday, hosted by the Senior for Creative Learning committee....
John L. Lewis By Ray Hill Perhaps the most famous union leader in American history today is the late Jimmy Hoffa and that is most likely due to the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. For decades, the most prominent labor leader in the United States was John...
Ground broken for Flatrock Motorsports Park By Bill Howard By next spring, the motorsports footprint in Tennessee is scheduled to expand exponentially. If all goes according to plan, phase one of Flatrock Motorsports Park, which will be located on some 773 acres in...
Rebels polish off a perfect regular season By Steve Williams A special team completed a special regular season as West defeated Central 44-3 Friday night on the road at Dan Y. Boring Stadium and Joel Helton Field. And the Rebels may be just getting started. “I’m very...
Mae Moody a shining example of a neighborhood leader By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The city and county have lost a leader, a neighborhood proponent and a very nice lady. Mae Moody of Norwood passed away last week. She and her husband, Jack, were...
By Steve Hunley Kyle Ward: The State Should Keep Its Promise Commissioner Kyle Ward has a resolution before the Knox County Commission asking the State of Tennessee to finally live up to its promise after the closure of the mental health facility at Lakeshore. Not...
West beats Maryville 31-18 to end The Streak By Steve Williams The Maryville Streak is over. Thank you West High Rebels. Knox County teams had lost 105 games in a row to Maryville, but Coach Lamar Brown’s team put an end to that Friday night with a 31-18 win over the...
Tennessee and Right-to-Work, Part 4: The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill Both Houses of Congress had passed the Taft-Hartley Bill, as both chambers had a majority of Republicans. The 1946 elections had been a terrific success...
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