A look inside the Blount Mansion By Pete Gawda In 1925, Knoxville was in danger of losing a historic landmark closely tied to the origin of the state. At that time, there was a movement to tear down William Blount’s 1792 home to build a parking lot for the Andrew...
Seventh class to be inducted Friday prior to football game By Steve Williams This is the seventh year for Halls High School Athletics’ Road to Fame to be honored. Jerry Julian started the recognition in 2019 with the inaugural class including a “dandy dozen.” A...
2025 Tennessee Valley Fair kicks off in Chilhowee Park By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Although its future at Chilhowee Park is uncertain, the Tennessee Valley Fair opened Friday for its annual opening day business and government luncheon. The fair...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley More Woke Waste After increasing property taxes by 40% - - - and seeking to increase the sales tax this November - - - the City of Knoxville is offering folks up to $5,000 of hard-earned tax dollars so that some folks can throw a...
Catching Up With George Bove By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com I’ve known George Bove for several years and always found him open, courteous and very active in community and organizational events. He has relocated to Loudon County from Knoxville and...
Iowa’s Cantankerous Congressman Harold Royce “H. R.” Gross By Ray Hill It is fair to say there was not a speck of get-along-go-along in the character of Harold Royce Gross, a former newscaster who spent 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the...
Karns High honors its Hall of Fame inductees “He may have been a giant of a man, but he also was a teddy bear – our teddy bear.” – Dewanna Glover By Steve Williams R.T. Everette, Jr., most commonly known as Tommy, was the first to be inducted into the inaugural Karns...
Central starts fast, holds off West rally By David Klein In its first Region 2-5A game of the season at Central, the Bobcats got off to a fast start against the West Rebels in the first half but withstood a furious West rally in the fourth quarter to win 29-21. The...
Council vote on midway sale could be postponed By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When the Knoxville City Council meets tonight, most of the attention was to be on the discussion and vote on selling part of Chilhowee Park to the Emerald Youth...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Pitiful Turnout For City Election What if they had an election and nobody came? That’s pretty much what happened during the Knoxville City Council elections during early voting. Only 5,284 people voted during early voting. ...
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