By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Planning for the annual Knoxville Neighborhood Conference is well underway and the March 23 event should draw a huge crowd of local advocates, private citizens, community organizations, local government...
By Ray Hill All across the nation governors or former governors frequently attempt to make the transition to the United States Senate. Nor is it particularly odd, at least in Tennessee, for a governor to wait some years before running for the U. S. Senate. Former...
By Steve Williams What goes into the making of a great high school basketball outside shooter? There’s a lot more to it than Bailey Trumm just pulling the trigger. First off, it takes a lot of time from a lot of folks. “It’s a really great accomplishment,” said the...
By Ken Lay National Signing Day, 2020 was busy for Bearden High School as the Bulldogs had seven student-athletes sign National Letters of Intent and a pair of separate ceremonies Wednesday. Three Bearden football players who signed answered an early wake-up call to...
Schoonmaker elected to serve on TCSA Board of Directors By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Commissioner John Schoonmaker is an accomplished man. As a marketing and business professional with more than 40 years of experience,...
By Steve Hunley Harold Wimberly, Jr. was a truly unique man, a treasured friend to those lucky enough to have earned his friendship. Harold Wimberly was a jurist who occupied a bench in Knox County for forty years. That alone is quite a feat yet there was so much...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com What a disappointment it must have been for the dozens of people who attended the Knoxville City Council meeting Tuesday night only to find out their objection to a proposed 230-unit residential development in...
By Ray Hill Long before Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, Carl Hayden of Arizona was known as the longest-serving member of Congress. Hayden had first been elected to Congress when Arizona had first been admitted to the United States as a state in 1912. Hayden was...
By Steve Williams Powell High’s Bailey Trumm was closing in on a TSSAA state record for career 3-point baskets Tuesday night at Oak Ridge, but that wasn’t her No. 1 objective. It was winning the game and tying the Lady Wildcats for the top seed in District...
By Ken Lay Knoxville Catholic High School’s girls basketball team has made great strides this season and the Lady Irish have one of the area’s most improved teams under second-year coach Freeman Pinkney. Catholic struggled mightily Thursday night and despite putting...
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