By Steve Williams As for the top position on the awards’ podium, Knox County’s girls outnumbered the boys in TSSAA State Track and Field this year. Lennox Langham, a talented 8th grader at Webb School, twice had a first place medal hung around her neck and was...
Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity’: I.D. Beasley
By Ray Hill The trio of colorful legislators who exerted enormous influence in the Tennessee General Assembly for decades - - - Walter M. “Pete” Haynes, I. D. Beasley, and James H. Cummings - - - were commonly known in Nashville as the “Triumvirate” or “the Unholy...
The Knoxville Focus for May 24, 2021
Renovations coming for Claude Walker Park By Ken Lay The ball fields at Claude Walker Park will soon be getting a facelift as the city has received a $1.6 million philanthropic gift courtesy of GEM Development Group. Claude Walker Park, located in East Knoxville...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley The Sentinel Squalls The Knoxville News-Sentinel has launched a series of print attacks against The Knoxville Focus. The reason is because the Knox County Commission is considering a resolution they feel threatens their near-monopoly on the...
Belle of the Ball
By John J. Duncan Jr. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) should host a dinner in Washington in honor of Shane Hazel. The dinner would be in appreciation for Mr. Hazel giving the Democrats control of the U.S. Senate. Mr. Hazel, for the 99% plus of people who have no idea who...
Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity:’ Walter ‘Pete’ Haynes
By Ray Hill For decades the Tennessee General Assembly was largely ruled by three men: Walter M. “Pete” Haynes of Decherd; I. D. Beasley of Carthage and James H. Cummings of Woodbury. Known as the “Unholy Trinity”, the three men were powerful legislators and highly...
The Fourth Great Awakening?
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Anonymous modern proverb By Dr. Jim Ferguson In the 1720s and 1730s a movement swept the American colonies which historians would call The Great Awakening. Largely, it was a reaction to secular humanism and...
Statehood for D.C.?
By Howard Black blackh@knoxfocus.com For the second session in a row, the US House of Representatives voted along party lines to make the District of Columbia a state. Rumor has it that the District then decided not to have a state bird because they could not find one...
Bryan College signee talks about adversity she overcame
‘I couldn’t thank (Coach Howell) enough,’ says Aniiah By Steve Williams Aniiah Matthews signed scholarship papers with Bryan College on May 13. Her success as a Fulton High student and athlete combined will provide her a “full ride” on the next level, said...
Memorial Day Has a New Look!
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It is human nature when a holiday comes around to look back on how it was celebrated the year before. Nearly all of last year’s holidays were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, restrictions are being lifted in...
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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...