Our Congressman Richard W. Austin By Ray Hill For a decade, the congressman from Tennessee’s Second Congressional District was Richard W. Austin. Lean of frame, clean-shaven with piercing eyes and a bald pate, R. W. Austin counted his friends by the thousands. ...
Knox Heritage names historic Fragile and Fading sites By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Standing in the median strip of Middlebrook Pike is the 1845 Knott-York House. Before its sale in March of this year, it remained under the same family ownership...
Halls, Fulton and Central prevail on opening night By Steve Williams A message came in from Tracy Miller-Davis of the Knox County Schools’ athletics office last Wednesday night that the KOC High School Kick-Off Classic had to be moved from Halls to Central for...
Seymour breaks ground for new fire station By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com The Seymour Volunteer Fire Department celebrated a significant milestone on Friday, August 8th, by breaking ground at their new location on 10320 Chapman Highway in Seymour. The...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Marsha Blackburn Running For Governor Of Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn made the long-awaited announcement that much of Tennessee has been expecting; namely that she is a candidate for governor of Tennessee in next year’s...
Catching up with Michael Grider By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You probably know Michael Grider, who served Tim Burchett when he was Knox County Mayor and then went with him to Congress. Did you know Grider is a Cubs fan, an Oak Ridge native, and a...
The Gentleman From West Virginia Cleveland Bailey By Ray Hill Cleveland Monroe Bailey looked more like movie director Tim Burton’s idea of a mortician than a congressman. Bald, jug-eared and slightly stooped, Bailey served a total of fourteen years in the U.S. House...
Bobcats should be better in Lane’s second season By Steve Williams Central’s first challenge this season will be improving in the two quarters after halftime. There were slip-ups much of the time in that part of the game last year. “We played 11 games last year...
District 6 candidates answer Focus questions By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville’s sixth district has the most candidates with five people seeking to replace Gwen McKenzie. The candidates include Charles Frazier, Denzel Grant, Stan Johnson,...
Rick Barnes Announces $400,000 Matching Gift Challenge in Support of City Young People It’s Like Every Gift is Worth 2 Points! Knoxville, Tenn. – Tennessee men’s basketball head coach Rick Barnes, along with the Winegardner Foundation, today announced the launch of a...
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