By Ken Lay Bearden High School’s girls basketball team celebrated Senior Night, 2021 with a lopsided victory over William Blount Tuesday night. All three seniors made significant contributions in the win. The Lady Bulldogs routed the Lady Governors 80-17 and...
The Knoxville Focus for February 1, 2021
One-Year Plan meeting attempts to coordinate zoning, planning, development By Bill Howard Every year, Knoxville-Knox Co. Planning conducts a One-Year Plan (OYP) Update meeting, as required by the City’s Charter. The comprehensive development plan covers the entire...
Does Gloria Johnson Represent Anybody Other than Teachers Unions?
By Steve Hunley State Representative Gloria Johnson is, as usual, mighty sore at the administration of Governor Bill Lee. Turns out Johnson is mad because the governor is stingy with that there taxpayer money. Readers will recall Governor Lee has called the state...
V is for varsity, versatility and Cassie Vaughn
Fulton senior has played six sports in prep career By Steve Williams It’s been said often that the best time of one’s life are the high school years. Cassie Vaughn wanted to make the most of her high school career at Fulton and she has succeeded through sports and...
Edward Ward Carmack: Editor & Politician
By Ray Hill An imposing statue dominates the State Capitol in Nashville, yet few recognize the figure staring off into the distance, overlooking the street where he was murdered in downtown Nashville. Edward Ward Carmack was by profession a newspaperman, but he...
Pilot Company rallies support for American Heart Association in 4th annual Life Is Why campaign
Pilot Company Thursday announced the return of the American Heart Association’s Life is Why™ campaign to its stores this February, American Heart Month. Guests can join the fight against heart disease and stroke by donating online or visiting any of the 750...
Vols hire Josh Heupel… now what?
By Mark Nagi Last week the next era of Tennessee football officially got underway with the hiring of Central Florida’s Josh Heupel as the Vols’ new head coach. “I’m excited about what we’re embarking on,” said Heupel during his introductory press conference on January...
The Knoxville Focus for January 25, 2021
The Focus welcomes Dr. Harold Black By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus is very proud to welcome Dr. Harold Black as a new columnist. Dr. Black is a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of...
Liberal Hypocrisy: Spreading Like Kudzu
By Steve Hunley Kudzu: an invasive species that is extremely bad for the ecosystem as it invades and smothers other plants and trees under a blanket of leaves, hogging all the sunlight and keeping other species suppressed. The trifecta of the Democrat machine -...
Balloon Buddies bring smiles to isolated, lonely senior citizens
Balloons helping cure the silent, slow killing epidemic of loneliness Wide smiles! Sparkling eyes! Squeals of delight! Tears of joy! These are the reactions created when senior citizens at Knoxville-area assisted living communities receive a personal Balloon Buddy...
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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...