By Steve Williams Central is the one still standing. In a knockdown, drag out football slobber knocker worthy to be played on Joel Helton Field, the Bobcats walked away with a 10-0 victory over the West Rebels in the TSSAA Class 5A semifinals Friday night. It was the...
By Ken Lay Josh Ballard says he relishes the chance to play rivalry games against Farragut. “It’s always good to play games against quality teams like this,” said Ballard, West Valley Middle School’s girls basketball coach. “In these rivalry games, you just never know...
Chickens, microbreweries discussed by county commission By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The regular meeting of the Knox County Commission and their zoning meeting lasted from 5 p.m. until well after 9 p.m. last week. The members, with Commissioner...
By Steve Hunley The Gannett newspapers are heralding the “bipartisan” effort to repeal the signature legislation pushed by Governor Bill Lee and approved by the Tennessee General Assembly - - - the Educational Savings Accounts. Bo Mitchell, a liberal Nashville...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter More than forty people ventured out last Thursday night to the City-County Building to watch a presentation about three unique concept plans envisioning what the proposed Knoxville Science Museum might resemble. On Nov. 21, in the small assembly...
By Ray Hill The very idea that anything but a Democrat could represent Tennessee’s Hermitage District in Congress seemed not only outlandish, but utterly unthinkable. The Fifth Congressional district of Tennessee was known as “the Hermitage District” because it...
By Ken Lay West High School avenged its lone loss of the 2019 football season Friday night and the victory has landed the Rebels in the Class 5A semifinals. The Rebels were simply dominant as they ran past previously undefeated Powell 31-14 on a chilly and misty night...
By Steve Williams It could go down as one of the classics in TSSAA playoff history. Both Central and South-Doyle eyed victory in a see-saw fourth quarter battle before the Bobcats nailed down a 20-16 win in the closing minutes of the Class 5A quarterfinal thriller...
Clayton Science Center plans to be presented By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The proposed Knoxville Science Museum for the grounds of the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum was contingent on the city acquiring another location for the police...
By Steve Hunley For years there has been a tug and pull about out of school time programs and whether or not it benefits the students. It will likely not surprise you some of those most solidly opposed to out of school time programs are some folks and the public...
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