Amber Rountree shines at South Knox Alliance Candidate Forum By Rose King The South Knox Alliance hosted a Candidate Meet and Greet last week. Candidates for Knox County Commission at-large Seats 10 and 11, Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, Register of Deeds and...
By Steve Hunley The ethics complaint filed by perennial candidate Bo Bennett against Knox County Commissioners Charles Busler and Bob Thomas has gone from a circus sideshow to an outrageous witch-hunt. Bennett’s complaint was based upon little more than a news story...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Someday several years from now you will be able to walk or bike from Fountain City all the way downtown. It’s years away but plans are certainly in the works. In the interim the First Creek Greenway is, step by step, inching...
By Ray Hill From 1931 until 1947, the Republican Party had suffered shattering defeats largely brought on by the Great Depression. Following the 1936 election, where GOP presidential candidate Alf Landon only won the electoral votes of Vermont and Maine, Republicans...
By Steve Williams A little past the midway point of the high school track and field season, Willington Wright of Hardin Valley Academy appears to be competing like he’s on a mission. The Hawks’ senior was No. 1 in the state in three different events as of...
Citizens National Bank celebrated the grand opening of its newest branch with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, March 30. CNB’s newest branch is located in Seymour next to Kroger at 10721 Chapman Highway, Suite 1, in the Seymour Kroger Shopping Center. The...
Spangler greets supporters at Corryton campaign stop By Ken Lay Tom Spangler has dedicated the majority of his life to law enforcement and now he’s making a bid to become Knox County’s next sheriff. “I knew, from the time that I was in the Air Force, that I wanted to...
By Steve Hunley There are a great many hard-working deputies in the Knox County Sheriff’s Department. Yet the recent controversy between the Knox County Pension Board and Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong illustrates an arrogant sense of entitlement and...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Annual Neighborhood Conference Awards and Networking Luncheon had several surprises, not the least of which is that more than 600 people attended. The popular event was held at Hotel Knoxville, the former Knoxville Marriott,...
By Ray Hill Reed Smoot is a name long since forgotten by most, save for those few who remember the Smoot – Hawley tariff legislation. Yet, Reed Smoot was the first Mormon ever to be elected to the United States Senate, setting off a firestorm that consumed much of...
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