By Ray Hill Malcolm Rice Patterson enjoyed a meteoric rise in Tennessee politics until the consequences of his own actions ended his career. Redheaded, thin, with angular features, Malcolm Patterson was known throughout Tennessee as a dynamic and gifted speaker. ...
By Ray Hill The passing of Richard “Dick” Fulton on November 28 at age 91 seemed to escape the notice of many Tennesseans, yet his life ought to be remembered by folks. The growth and success of Nashville is largely due to the vision and leadership of Dick...
By Steve Williams Jake Renfree has earned another run at a national title. The Knoxville Catholic High senior and reigning TSSAA state champion placed seventh in the Foot Locker South Regional cross country meet on Nov. 24 to qualify for the National...
Dave Wright Honored By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Dave Wright, elected as state House District 19’s representative, resigned from the Knox County Commission after twice serving as chairman. His ten years came to mind as he spoke to the commission last week. ”I...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The City of Knoxville is finalizing steps to create 53 affordable housing units for low-income senior citizens. Tuesday’s council meeting saw a series of actions toward that project beginning with the closure of a series of...
Over the past several weeks The Knoxville Focus has been having chats with community leaders, elected officials, neighborhood organization leaders, and really interesting people. Betty Jo Mahan recently retired as the administrative assistant to the Metropolitan...
Sport’s future may be based on risk vs. reward By Steve Williams With more and more knowledge about concussions becoming available, some youth football programs across the country are changing to flag football for their participants ages 13 and under and not offering...
By Steve Williams The beat goes on for the Knoxville Falcons’ youth football program. The Falcons have been big winners in the Knox Metro Youth Football League in recent years and had another banner season this fall, capturing championships in six of the eight age...
Remembering Ben Atchley By Ray Hill The passing of Ben Atchley brought back many memories to me. I’ve known Ben and Sue Atchley since I was a teen-ager and I’m now almost a senior citizen. Ben Atchley was serving his second term in the Tennessee State House...
By Steve Hunley The Focus carries a special remembrance of Ben Atchley, who passed away last week. It is a reminder to us all of a different time in the political landscape of Knox County of how a truly good man prospered in the turmoil of Tennessee politics. Ben...
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