By Steve Hunley All too often, it seems like many of us have lost sight of the purpose of education. When everything else is scraped away, all that remains is getting a job and becoming a productive citizen. The culmination of secondary education is to finish high...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood is offering the public a chance to tour several homes and buildings there Sunday. Included in the tour are the Graystone Mansion, now the home of WATE Television, and the stately Central...
By Ray Hill With the outbreak of war in Europe following Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland, the United States of America was faced with an unpleasant reality. Neutrality acts had been passed by the Congress in 1936, 1936 and 1937, but the war between Germany, Great...
By Steve Williams When you’re 6-foot-6 and 313 pounds, it’s kind of hard to blend in. But in a way, that’s what Trey Smith did best at University School of Jackson last season, and that’s what he’s been doing as he begins what could be a very promising career as an...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com If you’re new to Knox County or a native-born resident you may have wondered about place names and how the names were chosen. There is some confusion over some of the place names and little is known about the origin of other names....
By Pete Gawda Only a handful of people attended a meeting Tuesday evening at Holston Middle School that was to explain the proposed rezoning for the new Hardin Valley and Holston middle schools and answer their questions. The small number was in contrast to the large...
By Steve Hunley The United States of America is undergoing a transformation that ought to concern folks. Today there are two very different and distinct Americas. Resistance to the federal government of the United States is prevalent in our society today, led by the...
By Ken Lay Central High School’s boys soccer team is quickly establishing itself as a competitor in East Tennessee. And new head coach Chris Quinn has stiffened the Bobcats’ schedule in 2017 and Central has responded by going toe-to-toe with the Volunteer...
By Steve Williams Rusty Bradley may have a little extra motivation in the back of his mind when he coaches his first football game for Grace Christian Academy come Aug. 18. Bradley’s Rams will be taking on two-time Class 3A defending state champion Alcoa that night,...
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, Kenneth D. McKellar, had declared himself solidly behind Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s plan to revise the neutrality act. McKellar had also urged President Franklin Roosevelt to call Congress into special...
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