By Ray Hill In February of 1945, a war weary and sick Franklin D. Roosevelt was on his way to Crimea in the Soviet Union. Technically in the Ukraine, the Crimea is on a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea and was once the playground of the Russian Czars...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter Some people might describe the newly opened Parkview Retirement Community for active seniors as posh or elegant, but a better description for the independent living facility would be family and community, which is echoed by the residents as...
By Alex Norman What a week for the Bearden Bulldogs... Taking the momentum of a sectional victory over rival Farragut with them two and a half hours to the west, the Bulldogs won three games in four days, on their way to capturing their fifth state championship,...
Mayoral candidates field questions from Town Hall East By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If four of the candidates for Knoxville city mayor agree on anything they agree that the Recode effort needs to be postponed or stopped. Town Hall East asked the candidates...
By Steve Hunley For the past two and a half years, the City of Knoxville has been nudging along one of the most comprehensive and sweeping plans surrounding property use. Known as “Recode,” this nefarious plan has gone through more incarnations than the Devil...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council went back and forth with suggested changes to the proposed Recode regulations for over six hours last Tuesday. Just about anything related to zoning, building heights, setback, and permissible uses of...
By Ray Hill The son of Polish immigrants, Sol Bloom was at various times a theatre impresario, real estate magnate, composer and long-time congressman. Bloom was deeply interested in foreign affairs in the House of Representatives and finally achieved his ambition of...
Webb pitcher Peter Shaefer delivers a pitch in a Division II-A State VIII Playoff Game. Shaefer had 14 strikeouts but the Spartans dropped a 1-0 nine-inning decision to Clarksville Academy. The Cougars went on to sweep a double header and punch their ticket to...
PHOTO BY JACK TATE Veteran Bearden High School quarterback Collin Ironside at 2019 spring practice. By Steve Williams Many local high school football teams have wrapped up spring practice, while others will continue into next week. Head coaches from nine programs in...
Whittle Springs golf course ranked No. 4 Most Improved By Steve Williams The old golf course needed some tender loving care. And as it turned out, whom better to see and understand that than Knoxville’s lady mayor. But in 2015 someone had to let Madeline Rogero know...
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