By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, was born and raised in Sewanee where her father and grandfather managed the grocery section of the University Supply Store for a combined total of more than 70 years. Lynn had a book entitled “Sewanee...
By Steve Williams Brandon Roberts, Central’s newest head baseball coach, grew up in South Florida and the high school team he played on was voted No. 1 in the nation in Baseball America his junior year at ArchBishop McCarthy. Roberts went on to have a standout playing...
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force. – George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson I just received a Christmas gift at Halloween! A shipment of my new novel, “Mantis,” just arrived by UPS, so I decided...
By Steve Williams On paper, Farragut’s girls cross country team looks like it has a good chance of bringing home the gold from this year’s TSSAA state meet. But the finish line for reaching that goal is still a long way off. First, the Lady Admirals must qualify for...
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I was going to include a joke about socialism, but I realized that was redundant. Most of the opposition voiced over the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill has been its size. However, the bill should be opposed because...
By Mark Nagi The Knoxville Catholic Lady Irish and Briarcrest Christian Saints girls’ volleyball teams know each other very well. October meetings in Murfreesboro have become a regular occurrence. Unfortunately for the Lady Irish, the Saints have had the upper...
By Mike Steely This Thursday is the final day for early voting in the Knoxville City Election for five City Council seats. How does the number of voters in this general election compare with previous years? Chris Davis, Administrator of the Knox County Election...
Dr. Martha Buchanan to be honored By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Although she has resigned as director of the Knox County Health Department, Dr. Martha Buchanan will continue to serve as the county’s health officer until the end of the year. During...
By Steve Hunley Joe Biden has been president of the United States for barely nine months and if what a difference a day makes, Lord have mercy what a difference nine months makes! Just think, in that short period of time Biden has managed to cause America to once...
By Mark Nagi The Karns Beavers have taken strides forward this season... And they aren’t done yet. On Thursday, October 14, Karns got a huge performance out of running back Desean Bishop and beat Oak Ridge 42-35. It was their first win over the Wildcats since 1985....
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
By Steve Williams Karns is...
Click here to view this...
More than 20 volunteers...
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
Rosie Moore celebrated her...