By Ken Lay Emerald Academy celebrated the accomplishments of its first middle school graduation last week. The graduation ceremony for Knox County’s first charter school was held Wednesday night at Overcoming Believers Church in East Knoxville. The school is part of...
Powell honorees headed to East Tennessee State
By Steve Williams Allison Farr and Riley Bryant, Powell High’s Student-Athletes of the Year, will both be continuing their education and athletic careers at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. In high school, Farr was a standout pitcher and helped lead...
The Knoxville Focus for June 3, 2019
Recode meeting long, confrontational By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The year of 2019 may well be remembered as the year Knoxville City Council struggled with Recode. A second marathon session on Recode became exhausting and labored as the city council once again...
Our Focus is Local
By Steve Hunley To my mind, one of the things that makes a community worthwhile is having a sense of community. That is something we try to do here at The Focus, as our focus is almost entirely local in scope and nature. The Focus has a reporter at every meeting of...
More legal problems with Recode?
By Steve Hunley Recode Round 2 was held on Thursday, May 30 and it exceeded the six and a half hours of Recode Round 1 on May 14 with a marathon nine and a half hour comedy where city council tried to fix over fifty errors in Recode. It was another very long session...
Nicholas Gibbs family assembles Saturday
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com More than 100 descendants of Revolutionary War veteran and Knox County settler Nicholas Gibbs will assemble Saturday at the patriot’s original home on Emory Road. The event, sponsored by the Nicholas Gibbs Historic Society, will...
Louis Rabaut of Michigan
By Ray Hill There were several Congressional districts across the country largely populated by immigrants. There were districts in New York City with a heavy Italian population, while similar districts in Illinois and Michigan were inhabited by Polish...
CAK’s Brock made her point before state tournament
By Steve Williams A stomach virus unfortunately limited Claire Brock’s playing time in the TSSAA Division II-A state girls’ basketball tournament in March, but Claire had shown what she could do on the court throughout the season and particularly in a sectional win...
The Knoxville Focus for May 28, 2019
Penny Schwinn visits South Knox Elementary By Ken Lay Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn made a stop in Knoxville Wednesday morning and came to South Knoxville Elementary School. Her stay was brief but the morning was busy for Schwinn, who gave the opening...
Bill Dunn for Speaker of the House
By Steve Hunley The impending resignation of Glen Casada, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, has its sad aspects, whether anybody wants to admit it or not. Democrats are rejoicing because they think the fall of Glen Casada will reap political dividends...
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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...