By Bill Howard Midway through the second quarter Friday night at Joel Helton Field, Knoxville Central High School had four possessions against regional rival Gibbs. The result? Two punts, a lost fumble, a missed field goal, and a 9-0 deficit on three Gibbs field...
Dwayne Sanders – Christian, coach, mentor – honored with gym dedication By Bill Howard If you didn’t know Dwayne Sanders, there are at least two things about him you can be sure of. The first is that he died way too young: he was 52 when he died of cancer in April of...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville’s largest and most popular park’s 2020 Master Plan was approved by the city council Tuesday with some requests and suggestions from nearby landowners. Lakeshore Park, the former site of the East...
By Ray Hill Pat Sutton, congressman from Tennessee’s Seventh District, had been renominated over a strong opponent in the 1950 election and reelected that fall. Clearly ambitious, Sutton, like several other Tennessee politicians, was carefully watching Tennessee’s...
By Steve Williams The first of many possible titles this football season came CAK’s way Friday night. How does “Knox County’s only undefeated team” sound? Coupled with West’s first loss to Knoxville Catholic, Christian Academy of Knoxville earned that distinction with...
By Ken Lay The Middle-school Aged Conference has been sanctioning football for two years and the league already has a repeat champion. The Farragut Middle School junior varsity football team became the first squad to win back-to-back titles Thursday night. The...
By Steve Williams Knoxville Catholic and The King’s Academy followed somewhat similar paths in last week’s TSSAA state volleyball tournament at Murfreesboro. Both finished in third place and gave the eventual state champions their toughest competition. In its...
Senate candidate Bill Hagerty addresses Republicans at Lincoln Day Dinner By Ken Lay United States Senate candidate Bill Hagerty is on the campaign trail as the 2020 election cycle enters its home stretch. The former ambassador to Japan was in Knoxville early last...
By Steve Hunley Jacobs Chief of Staff Investigated Bryan Hair, Chief of Staff to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, is under investigation, along with Paul White, Director of the county’s Parks & Recreation Department. That is according to a press release issued...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You might think that former Commissioner Sam McKenzie, husband of Knoxville Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie, has a walk in the park for election to replace Rick Staples as the District 15 Tennessee Representative. But...
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