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...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley It Doesn’t Work? Really? Mike McMillan. East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, wrote a letter to school administrators perhaps two months ago suggesting the school folks ought to look into technology available for sanitizing...
Getting to know Courtney Durrett
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Democrat Courtney Durrett surprised a lot of people recently by being elected to the Knox County Commission. She and her Republican opponent, Grant Rosenberg, ran honorable campaigns for Michele Carringer’s District 2...
Tennessee and Women’s Suffrage: Ratifying the 19th Amendment
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
Webb strikes early, often
Roadrunners dig early hole with miscues on rainy night By Bill Howard Webb School of Knoxville and Austin-East Magnet School squared off last year on opening night of the football season at Webb, and the Spartans ground out a 3-0 win. Friday night at Sam Anderson...
Halls and Gibbs kick off 2020 season in Tennessee
By Steve Williams For months there was uncertainty on whether there would be a high school football season in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is at least off to a start and Gibbs and Halls received the distinction of being the first two teams in...
The Knoxville Focus for August 17, 2020
Pressure? New Central head coach says he’s excited By Steve Williams The season opener is days away and his feelings could change as kickoff time nears Friday night. After all, Central’s football team has won back-to-back Class 5A state championships and it will be...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Interesting Factoid… New York governor Andrew Cuomo is begging for wealthy folks to return to the Empire State, which was ravaged by the coronavirus. Why does the guv want wealthy New Yorkers to come back home? “A single percent of New York’s...
Airplane Filling Station history to be presented at Powell Celebration
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Ever wonder about the airplane filling station on Clinton Highway? When was it was built and why? What is the future for the iconic historic structure? The 2020 Powell Station Celebration is set for Saturday, August...
The 1964 Senate Races in Tennessee, III
By Ray Hill From 1930 until 1964, the Democratic Party reigned supreme in Tennessee. Republicans had only occasionally been able to elect a governor; the last was Alfred A. Taylor in 1920. That year had been something of a high watermark for the GOP. Republicans had...
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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...