By Ray Hill William Gannaway Brownlow, better known to Tennesseans as “Parson” Brownlow, was another Volunteer State governor who made it to the United States Senate. Brownlow was as colorful a character, perhaps even more so, than his predecessor, Andrew Johnson. By...
By Steve Williams Powell got off to a great start in the District 3-AAA girls basketball championship game. The Lady Panthers led by nine points over halfway through the opening period at Oak Ridge and Bailey Trumm’s third 3-point basket had them ahead by eight...
By Mark Nagi Last season the Bearden Bulldogs achieved their dreams, winning the Class AAA championship in boys’ basketball for the first time in program history. They’ve got some work to do if they are going to get back to Murfreesboro. On Tuesday, February...
Tommy Smith selected for District 1 council seat By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com It took almost six hours but Knoxville City Council selected a new council member for South Knoxville in a special meeting last Thursday. Tommy Smith, the vice...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com It is an idea that has floated around for several years. Some Knox County officials and developers are upset by Knoxville-Knoxville Planning and want out. The recent action of Farragut to reject Mayor Glenn Jacobs’...
By Ken Lay The weather may have been cold, damp and snowy late Thursday afternoon but that didn’t stop the Emerald Youth Foundation from celebrating the opening of another facility. The foundation invited high school students, parents and other community members from...
By Ray Hill Governor Andrew Johnson easily overcame the powerful opposition of the Whig Party in Tennessee, as well as the more conservative elements in his own Democratic Party to win election to the United States Senate in 1857. Nor was Andrew Johnson satisfied to...
By Steve Williams Give veteran Karns High basketball coach Lee Henson credit for thinking ahead in the closing seconds of the Beavers’ 62-61 double-overtime quarterfinal win over Powell in the District 3-AAA tournament Thursday night at Oak Ridge. And freshman guard...
By Steve Williams From South of the River to the Wild Blue Yonder. South-Doyle High School’s Santana Curtis is scheduled to report to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 24. He is one of several seniors on the Cherokees’ 2019 state...
Farragut residents unhappy with 5G By Focus Staff The Farragut Mayor and Board of Aldermen met on Thursday, February 13 with a brief agenda of business concerning two ordinances and three business items. The bulk of the meeting concerned the Verizon application for 5G...
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