By Ray Hill 1964 was a presidential election year and Lyndon Johnson was running hard to win a term in his own right against Arizona senator Barry Goldwater. Tennessee was slowly, but surely, becoming a two-party state. The Republican nominee for president had...
McCown leads Hardin Valley runners in Fall Classic
By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Academy’s Mitchell McCown was a surprise winner in the Knoxville Livestock Center Fall Classic Saturday. Competing in the High School Varsity A Division, McCown covered the 5,000-meter course in Mascot in 16 minutes, 51.03...
Cherokees regroup and roll past Gibbs, 37-17
By Steve Williams What a difference a week makes. After being shut out and stunned by Grace Christian, South-Doyle responded with a 37-17 Region 2-5A win over Gibbs Friday night in Corryton. The Cherokees’ offense was clicking from start to finish, while the Eagles...
The Knoxville Focus for the week of August 31, 2020
Knox County Board of Health discusses public forum, mask mandate By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com As some Knox County Commissioners consider removing Health Board members the board met again Wednesday to hear Deputy Knox County Law Director David...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Welcome Jimmy Duncan! The Knoxville Focus is extraordinarily proud to welcome former congressman Jimmy Duncan as a regular columnist. We already have, in my opinion, the best line-up of columnists of any local newspaper and Jimmy’s column will be...
Everything looks easy from a distance
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Everything looks easy from a distance My friend, Ray Hill, who writes a great political history column for this newspaper, told me several years ago that I won the lottery with my parents. I had never thought of it in that...
The 1964 Senate Races in Tennessee, IV
By Ray Hill Once a reliably Democratic state, Tennessee was a battleground state in the 1964 election. Congressman Joe L. Evins of Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional District was designated President Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign manager for the Volunteer State. At the...
A GLANCE BACK AND A LOOK AHEAD: Carter coach expresses pride in team, staff after first win
By Steve Williams Justin Pressley has notched his first win as Carter High’s head football coach. Pressley’s Hornets did it on the road too, winning at Campbell County 24-13 Friday night in a non-region game. In his comments on Saturday to The Focus, Pressley...
Gibbs’s Eagles fly high past Seymour’s, 49-25
Gibbs’ multi-pronged rushing attack made the difference By Bill Howard Two sets of Region 2-5A high-school football Eagles coming off season-opening losses — Gibbs and Seymour — squared off Friday night at Ernest Whited Stadium. Behind a fierce ground game—322 yards...
The Knoxville Focus for August 24, 2020
Oster questioning crossover votes By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com There’s a tradition in East Tennessee of members of one party crossing over party lines to vote for a candidate or candidates in the other party. It happens often and many elected...
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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...