By Steve Hunley Do you remember the old “Let’s Make a Deal” show with Monte Hall? From what I understand, the show is still on in a different version. The basis is hopeful contestants dress up in oftentimes weird costumes or eye-catching get-ups and then negotiate...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Roseberry City is a very unique part of North Knoxville. This area, located at the south base of Sharp’s Ridge inside Lincoln Park, is getting some recognition thanks to one lady. Jean Davis-James spent several days during the...
By Ray Hill For twenty-eight years, the congressman from Tennessee’s “Hermitage District” had been Joseph W. Byrns. Congressman Byrns was a beloved figure inside the Fifth Congressional district and had been Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives when he had...
By Steve Williams This has been an unusual football season for Grace Christian Academy on and off the field, and the Rams and their fans are enjoying every crazy minute of it. Beating Webb for the first time ever Friday night is certainly on the list. How GCA did it –...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter After a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, an explanation was given as to the purpose of the Knox County Board of Education executive session by Mr. Gary Dupler of the Law Department. The executive meeting, which...
Knox County’s ‘Safe Babies Court’ Is Working By Focus Staff Few people pay much attention to the court system until or unless they have a legal problem. Folks are too busy from day to day to give much thought to such things, nor do people much care about the variety...
By Steve Hunley Folks in the Parkridge community are upset their community isn’t being treated fairly. What Parkridge residents are angry about is the use of land right next to Caswell Park as the site for a three-story apartment complex for the homeless. The City of...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Why are the county mayor and some members of commission rushing the approval of a lease of the TVA East Tower for the Knox County School system? What’s the actual value of the Andrew Johnson Building, where the school system is...
By Ray Hill Joseph Wellington Byrns was almost surely the most popular political figure inside Tennessee’s “Hermitage District.” That was the Congressional district in Tennessee which encompassed Nashville and the “Hermitage”, home of General Andrew Jackson. For...
By David Klein Monday, September 23 at Holston Hills Country Club, the Rick Barnes Emerald Youth Golf Classic was held to raise money for the Emerald Youth Foundation. Tennessee Basketball Head Coach Rick Barnes donated a $50,000 check to the foundation, and 120...
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