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...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter The hustle and bustle of Market Square on Nov. 9th was full of Christmas shoppers, football fans, and farmer’s market patrons, but among the downtown crowds was a room full of Girls Scouts hoping to make someone else’s holiday season a little...
By Ray Hill Congressman Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. had first been elected in 1938 and as befitting Tennessee’s “Hermitage District,” so-called because it contained the home of General Andrew Jackson, was solidly Democratic. Byrns was being challenged for the Democratic...
By Ken Lay Six aspiring teachers received scholarships last week at the annual Knox County Retired Teachers Association Scholarship Foundation Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. The event was held at the Foundry at The World’s Fair Site Thursday. Each of the recipients...
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