Gibson provides spark to lift Seymour to big win By David Klein The Seymour Eagles came out running the football with conviction Friday night at South-Doyle. Running back Ryan Gibson time and time again ran the ball up the middle and converted third downs. Gibson ran...
16th Annual Emerald Youth Legacy Dinner Honors Mary Slack By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com The Emerald Youth Foundation hosted its 16th annual Legacy Dinner on October 21 and honored Mary Slack with the prestigious 2024 Legacy Award. Slack has been involved...
Turn Up Knoxville funded after a 7-1 council vote By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Turn Up Knoxville’s two years of violence interruption through street outreach seems to be working as the city reported a more than 30% reduction in homicides...
Is Kamala Harris Falling Behind? By Steve Hunley Kamala Harris, feeling she is falling behind, agreed to sit down for an interview with Brett Baier of Fox News, an interviewer who is not heavily biased in her favor.Unlike Whoopee Goldberg and that mummified sock...
Did you get an evacuation warning on your phone? By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Did you get an evacuation warning recently during the Western Avenue dynamite incident? While the warning was supposed to be sent out to people in the immediate area of...
Idaho’s Conservative: Herman Welker By Ray Hill It’s been 66 years since Herman Welker died and very few outside of his native state of Idaho remember his name. Welker served a single term in the United States Senate, but during his time as a member of the world’s...
Smith’s sweep ‘means a lot’ By Steve Williams The cheers for Keegan Smith down the straightaway to the finish line seemed to be louder than ever at Saturday morning’s annual KIL Boys’ Cross Country Meet. The Knoxville Catholic High senior couldn’t have been more...
Eagles go ‘extra mile’ to halt 24-game skid By Steve Williams Seymour High School was on Fall Break last week, but its football team was in Bluff City 100 miles away in the northeast corner of the state to play on a rare Tuesday night. But that’s where the Eagles...
Early voting begins Wednesday By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County voters who choose to vote early may do so starting Wednesday, October 16. Early voting ends October 31 and the general election is Tuesday, November 5. Registered voters may...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley FEMA Fails, Has Become Just Another Woke DEI Bureaucracy Can anyone possibly be surprised by the emergence of a video showing FEMA officials discussing moving from its mission of serving the greatest number of people to delivering...
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