By Steve Hunley Reviving Gov. Lee’s ESSA Plan? In May of this year, a Nashville judge ruled Governor Bill Lee’s educational savings account legislation, approved by the Tennessee General Assembly, unconstitutional. A collective “hurrah” went up from teachers’ unions,...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com If you are a graduate of any Knox County school you may be interested in the Knox County Museum of Education, next to Old South High School. The volunteer-operated, non-profit museum has just about everything, from...
By Ray Hill When the Founding Fathers came up with the House of Representatives as a legislative instrument meant to reflect the will of the people, they succeeded perhaps better than they could possibly have known. The body has endured remarkably well since the...
By Ken Lay When the COVID-19 pandemic brought an end to the 2019-2020 school year and the spring sports season in March, Gibbs High School baseball player Spencer Hudson was one of many area seniors to lose his final season. Baseball wasn’t over for Hudson as he had...
By Steve Williams There’s a new excitement in the air for Carter High football. “Communication with my players and culture really are the main things I harp on,” said Justin Pressley, the school’s new head coach, last Wednesday. “One of the reasons I think I got the...
$1,500 bonus for deputies in approved Knox budget By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler’s persistence won out Wednesday with a victorious split vote granting a bonus to his deputies. The county commission also passed the...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The final lease agreement between Knox County and TVA hasn’t been signed yet but last week the county commission voted to complete a deal with the University of Tennessee to sublet part of the TVA East Tower....
By Ray Hill July of 1966 was hot and humid in Tennessee that year. Two veteran campaigners, Governor Frank Clement and Senator Ross Bass, were stumping the state for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. Both campaigned at a furious pace. The...
By Steve Williams Traditionally, The Knoxville Focus likes to check with local head football coaches to see what they will be doing during the annual TSSAA Dead Period before preseason practice really cranks up. For many, it’s a special time of the year to...
By Ken Lay If Fountain City Bobcats baseball coach Kevin DeBusk knows one thing about his team it’s that no deficit seems insurmountable. And the Bobcats proved that Thursday as they fell behind Sweetwater early only to storm back and claim an 8-6 victory over...
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