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Whited sparkles in return to mound for Bulldogs

by design | Apr 20, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Whited sparkles in return to mound for Bulldogs By Ken Lay After a long absence due to injury, Isaiah Whited made a triumphant return to the mound for the Bearden High School Bulldogs Thursday night. Whited, a senior, hadn’t pitched in two months. He was injured,...

The Knoxville Focus for April 14, 2025

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

School board approves contractor for new school, name for Gibbs field By Ken Lay Things were short and sweet for the Knox County Board of Education at its regular session meeting at The Summer Place Thursday afternoon. The proceedings were concluded in approximately...

Publisher’s Positions

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Do They Think We Are Stupid? Four and a half years after the fact, and in some instances longer, the New York Times is coming to grips with what many of us have known as fact. Zeynep Tufekci, a Times columnist and professor of...

Holston Hills Community, Country Clubs Host Dogwood Arts Kick-Off Party

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Holston Hills Community, Country Clubs Host Dogwood Arts Kick-Off Party By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Historic Holston Hills Community Club members and guests celebrated the 69th anniversary of the Holston Hills Dogwood Trail on Sunday, April 6 with local...

Cordell Hull and Reciprocal Trade

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Cordell Hull and Reciprocal Trade By Ray Hill Tariffs are much in the headlines these days, and it occurred to me that it would be an appropriate time for a column relating to reciprocal trade treaties. Many readers may not know that it was a Tennessean who was...

Honor ceremonies on commission agenda

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Honor ceremonies on commission agenda By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Three Honorary Resolutions are in the works for the Knox County Commission’s April meetings. Knoxville businessman and former state Representative Eddie Mannis will be featured...

A-E has a signing day with a ‘sports touch’

by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

A-E has a signing day with a ‘sports touch’ By Steve Williams In the early years of signing college scholarships one of the most popular ways simply saw the athlete put on a ball cap with their new school’s name and colors. Later on and to this day some college bound...

The Knoxville Focus for April 7, 2025

by design | Apr 6, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Vietnam veterans remembered in annual ceremony By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com About 200 people turned out for the National Vietnam War Day ceremonies at the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial in World’s Fair Park recently. The event, sponsored by the...

Publisher’s Positions

by design | Apr 6, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Martin Daniel Elected Knox Co. GOP Chairman Congratulations to former state Representative Martin Daniel, who was elected chairman of Knox County’s Republican Party. Daniel won a decisive victory over incumbent Buddy Burkhardt by...

Gratton’s character stood out even on the sideline

by design | Apr 6, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

Gratton’s character stood out even on the sideline By Steve Williams Jackson Gratton showed his character some 100 miles away from Seymour High School last fall. The Eagles’ quarterback and team captain didn’t get to do it on the field during the game at Sullivan...