By Amy Box Fellhoelter If there is one thing the East Knoxville Community Meeting does well, it’s keeping its members and community well informed of the priorities and initiatives of elected officials those candidates running for city offices. In a series of...
Maryville nips Karns 11-9 in District 6 Little League finals
By Steve Williams Like it does about every summer, it came down to Karns versus Maryville. The boys from Blount County came out on top this year, rallying for an 11-9 win over host Karns in a close and exciting District 6 Little League championship game Friday night....
The Knoxville Focus for July 1, 2019
Community policing and the candidates for mayor By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com One of the topics addressed during the League of Women Voters Mayoral Candidate Forum Tuesday night was community policing. Knoxville is currently planning to relocate the police and...
Knoxville Pastor/Detective A Disgrace
By Steve Hunley There has been a lot of attention paid to the remarks made by Knox County Sheriff’s deputy Grayson Fritts, as there should have been. Fritts, a pastor, called for gay people to be executed in a sermon to his flock. It is incredible to think any...
Tax break approved for Supreme Court building
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Dover Corporation is in the process of renovating the former Tennessee State Supreme Court building which sat vacant for about 20 years. The city has already granted a payment-in-lieu-of taxes agreement and last week the...
Crump Goes To Congress, III
By Ray Hill Edward H. Crump, undisputed leader of the Shelby County machine and congressman from Tennessee’s Tenth District, was the primary focus during an especially bitter battle for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1932. Former governor Malcolm...
Northwest greenway, bulletproof vests, annexations on city agenda
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com In what appears to be a brief meeting for the Knoxville City Council Tuesday evening the council members may vote to annex two properties, one on Montlake Drive and Lynbrulee Lane and the other on Crystal Lake near Woodland...
Gibbs’ Mitchell ranks No. 13 in the nation
By Steve Williams Gibbs’ Carol Mitchell ranks No. 13 in the nation in wins among “active” high school softball coaches. After completing her 26th year this spring, Mitchell’s record stands at 914-279-4, a 76.5 winning percentage, according to the National Federation...
The Knoxville Focus for June 24, 2019
Sheriff, mayor and commission condemn hate speech By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler spoke last week before the Knox County Commission’s Work Session and strongly condemned the remarks made by one of the department’s officers against...
Will Recode Turn Knoxville Blue Through Social Engineering?
By Steve Hunley You may be tired of hearing about Recode from The Focus, but the more the people of Knoxville hear and read about it, the better off we’ll all be. One can call Recode just about anything but good. Victor Ashe, Knoxville’s longest serving mayor, has...
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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...