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...
By Steve Hunley Nashville/Davidson County has its problems. I suppose all local governments have their problems, but Nashville seems to have more than most. Pretty much everybody knows about the scandal involving former mayor Meghan Barry and her subsequent...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Seeing people taking their pets to get a photo with the Easter Bunny or Santa gave Cameron Brooks an idea. The Knox County Election Commission member, realtor and former Democratic Party chairman decided to try out the idea....
By Ray Hill President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, coming off his greatest reelection campaign, had announced he was submitting legislation to Congress to expand the United State Supreme Court. Roosevelt’s proposal was widely and bitterly attacked in much of the press...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus is featuring citizens in our community, sitting down with them for an informal chat, so our readers can know them better. Mark Campen represents the 5th District on the Knoxville City Council and holds a...
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