By Steve Williams The show must go on! Bearden High School’s award-winning dance program will have a team participating in the 2020-21 TSSAA Championships, which will be conducted in an online “virtual” format this school year due to COVID-19. Farragut and West Valley...
The Knoxville Focus for February 15, 2021
Delay in AJ Building sale requested By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Another delay in finalizing the sale of the Andrew Johnson Building is being requested from the Knox County Commission. The delay request has been added to the commission’s work...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley This Little Piggy… Cliff Rodgers, former administrator of elections for Knox County, has underwhelmed anyone who happened to see the hardly earth shattering news he has left the Republican party. Rodgers is an attorney, but as far as I know, never...
A-E’s Smith wants to succeed on and off the field
By Steve Williams The tone of Ke’on Smith’s football signing ceremony with Campbell University last week had as much to do with academics as athletics. Austin-East High Principal Nathan Langlois punctuated his opening remarks with letting Ke’on know he wanted an...
Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican,’ I
By Ray Hill The late Howard H. Baker Jr., the first Republican ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee, has a great claim to being labeled “Mr. Republican” for the modern era. Yet Brazilla Carroll Reece of Johnson City may have a...
A lifetime in sports
By Tom Mattingly If you hang around University of Tennessee athletics long enough, there are a number of questions and events that help make life entertaining. Here are some examples. Is it NEE-land or NAY-land? More than a few years ago, someone called and...
Halls cheerleaders are ‘thankful’ to get to finish the season
By Steve Williams It’s been a “rough season” for Halls High School’s cheerleaders, but it is ending on a positive note. Changes made by Governor Bill Lee and the Knox County School system late in the basketball regular season allowed Cheer and Dance teams to...
The Knoxville Focus for February 8, 2021
Proposed Baseball Stadium Gains City & County Mayors’ Support By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Randy Boyd’s proposal to have the city and county finance a baseball stadium near the Old City came under several questions Thursday when the county...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Legislators Show Board Members A Paddle The Knox County Legislative delegation did a mighty interesting thing recently and folks ought to know about it. Every member of the legislative delegation - - - Senators Randy McNally, Becky Duncan Massey and...
Catching up with Garry Tener
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com After 43 years Garry Tener is retiring. The Broadway Carpets chief operations officer and Knoxville community activist is well known in the region and The Knoxville Focus asked him several questions. His responses may...
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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...