By Steve Hunley On Friday, June 14, Knoxville city councilman and current mayoral candidate Marshall Stair was interviewed on the WETR 92.3 FM radio program “Knoxville Morning News.” A caller asked Mr. Stair to please find out how Recode would affect residential...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus likes to sit and chat with public officials, private citizens, or just about anyone we find of interest. Rick Emmett is Knoxville’s downtown coordinator and has served under four mayors. The Kentucky native...
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, master of the machine that ruled Memphis and Shelby County for decades, held a variety of elected offices - - - Mayor of Memphis, county Trustee, but most have forgotten he was also elected to Congress. Elective office was not...
By Steve Williams Alyssa Montgomery was a picture of consistency in golf throughout her high school career at Central and is the female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2018-19. The Virginia Tech signee capped her highly successful run with a round of 70 and a third...
By Steve Williams Academics, art and athletics all figured into the selection of Cian Bell as Central High School’s male Student-Athlete of the Year. Acting was once a part of Cian’s life too, but there are so many hours in the day. Bell was named a National Merit...
Mannis supporters gather at SoKno Taco Cantina By Ken Lay Knoxville Republican mayoral candidate Eddie Mannis made a campaign stop at SoKno Taco late Thursday afternoon where he was greeted by supporters and despite overcast skies and a few sprinkles, spirits weren’t...
By Steve Hunley The people of Knoxville and Knox County ought to be thankful for the service of State Representative Martin Daniel. All too often the doings of our representatives in Nashville escape our attention because local media fails to report it. The actions...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter Calling the Christian Academy of Knoxville graduated class of 2019 “stellar” might be an understatement—not because the students earned more than nine million dollars in scholarships and accumulated more than 6,000 hours of community service,...
By Ray Hill For so many of us, members of Congress from other states are of little interest, yet so many of those faceless individuals have compelling stories and remain in the House of Representatives for decades, accruing seniority and power. Robert Crosser served...
By Ken Lay Emerald Academy celebrated the accomplishments of its first middle school graduation last week. The graduation ceremony for Knox County’s first charter school was held Wednesday night at Overcoming Believers Church in East Knoxville. The school is part of...
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