$1,500 bonus for deputies in approved Knox budget By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler’s persistence won out Wednesday with a victorious split vote granting a bonus to his deputies. The county commission also passed the...
Agreement with UT on use of TVA Tower approved
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The final lease agreement between Knox County and TVA hasn’t been signed yet but last week the county commission voted to complete a deal with the University of Tennessee to sublet part of the TVA East Tower....
Tennessee Governors & the Path to the US Senate, XX
By Ray Hill July of 1966 was hot and humid in Tennessee that year. Two veteran campaigners, Governor Frank Clement and Senator Ross Bass, were stumping the state for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. Both campaigned at a furious pace. The...
Coaches are divided on where to spend Dead Period
By Steve Williams Traditionally, The Knoxville Focus likes to check with local head football coaches to see what they will be doing during the annual TSSAA Dead Period before preseason practice really cranks up. For many, it’s a special time of the year to...
Fountain City Bobcats come from behind to beat Sweetwater
By Ken Lay If Fountain City Bobcats baseball coach Kevin DeBusk knows one thing about his team it’s that no deficit seems insurmountable. And the Bobcats proved that Thursday as they fell behind Sweetwater early only to storm back and claim an 8-6 victory over...
The Knoxville Focus for June 22, 2020
Sheriff implores commission to grant bonus to employees By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler made an impassioned plea to the Knox County Commission last week to permit him to use part of a $3 million surplus in his budget...
Odds & Ends of This & That, VIII
By Steve Hunley American Insurrection For the first time since the American Civil War, at least as far as I know, armed secessionists have occupied American soil and territory while legal and legitimate authorities simply stand by and gawk. The Capitol Hill...
KCS hosts summer league baseball, falls to Wildcats
By Ken Lay Knoxville Christian School baseball coach John Barry is delighted to see his team get to play this summer, although he’s been less than thrilled with the Knights’ results on the field. “I think that overall, we would like to see more from our players,”...
Tennessee Governors & the Path to the US Senate, XIX
By Ray Hill Pulaski Congressman Ross Bass had defeated Governor Frank Clement for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late Senator Estes Kefauver. Bass faced Republican Howard Baker in the general election. It was the first time Frank Clement had lost an...
New coach wants Roadrunners to be smart and fast
By Steve Williams New Austin-East head football coach Antonio Mays will be putting academics before athletics. He feels strongly that his plan will produce victories on the field now and later in life for his players. “There’s two numbers that we need to be concerned...
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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...