By Steve Williams Karns made a Cinderella-type run through the District 3-AAA basketball tournament but couldn’t wrap up the title. The sixth-seeded Beavers, coming in with a 10-15 record, posted wins over Campbell County, No. 3 seed Anderson County and No. 2...

    By Steve Williams Karns made a Cinderella-type run through the District 3-AAA basketball tournament but couldn’t wrap up the title. The sixth-seeded Beavers, coming in with a 10-15 record, posted wins over Campbell County, No. 3 seed Anderson County and...

For several months The Knoxville Focus has been interviewing public officials, community leaders and other people we feel contribute to our county’s history, progress or have interesting lives. This week we sat and chatted with John Fugate, a Fountain City leader who...

  By Steve Williams Chris Hunter has left West Point and is changing his career plans. The Austin-East High School graduate, who signed with the Army Black Knights football team and was inducted into the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on July...

  By Ken Lay Guard Ques Glover said that when Bearden High School’s boys basketball convened for preseason workouts that the Bulldogs discussed their season goals. Bearden was able to put a check mark by one of those aspirations on Monday, Feb. 11. Sure, it was a...