By Steve Williams In acknowledging his selection as this season’s Knox County boys basketball Coach of the Year, Bearden’s Jeremy Parrott quickly turned the spotlight on his four assistant coaches. “I’ll tell anybody,” said Parrott last week, just days after his...
New location for vaccines, sheriff’s courthouse, AJ Building By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission discussed a new metal courthouse for the sheriff’s department, a new location for Covid-19 vaccinations, the sale of the Andrew...
By Steve Hunley The Passing of Rush Limbaugh I cannot let the passing of Rush Limbaugh go by without comment. To say Rush Limbaugh was merely a radio talk show host would be comparable to attempting to pass off a mouse as an elephant. A man of formidable...
By Ken Lay A new committee had its inaugural meeting last week. The Knox County Committee on Health and Economic Well-Being met for the first time virtually, via Zoom, on Wednesday afternoon. The 11-member committee, which was formed to serve in an advisory role to...
By Ray Hill Sam R. Sells, the congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, was a successful, forty-nine year-old businessman when he faced a challenge inside the Republican primary from Carroll Reece. Reece was not quite thirty-one years old, well-...
By Steve Williams Three more of Coach Tommy Pharr’s baseball players at Christian Academy of Knoxville have earned college scholarships. The latest signees are Ryan Degges (Columbia State), Ty Nettles (Volunteer State) and Tyler Wood (Motlow College). Degges, who also...
By Steve Williams The show must go on! Bearden High School’s award-winning dance program will have a team participating in the 2020-21 TSSAA Championships, which will be conducted in an online “virtual” format this school year due to COVID-19. Farragut and West Valley...
Delay in AJ Building sale requested By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Another delay in finalizing the sale of the Andrew Johnson Building is being requested from the Knox County Commission. The delay request has been added to the commission’s work...
By Steve Hunley This Little Piggy… Cliff Rodgers, former administrator of elections for Knox County, has underwhelmed anyone who happened to see the hardly earth shattering news he has left the Republican party. Rodgers is an attorney, but as far as I know, never...
By Steve Williams The tone of Ke’on Smith’s football signing ceremony with Campbell University last week had as much to do with academics as athletics. Austin-East High Principal Nathan Langlois punctuated his opening remarks with letting Ke’on know he wanted an...
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