Cash Mob at Alvin Frye’s Exxon brings friends and donations By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com How do you honor a person who has been in the same business for more than 60 years and has been a community leader, volunteer, and a respected character? Alvin Frye isn’t...
Do Local Officials STILL Not Get It?
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education met last week with the Knox County Legislative delegation and the Knox County Commission to discuss the legislative agenda for the next session of the Tennessee General Assembly. The vice chair of the board of...
Remembering Larry Graham
After a family trip to Dollywood, the Graham family parted ways on August 16, 2015. It would be the last time Larry Graham’s children would feel the caring touch from their father and hear “I love you baby and be careful.” The family was forever changed when a driver...
Forum gives views on beer sales, new trash canisters
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council got an earful Tuesday night when Rev. Doug Stauffer of the Antioch Baptist Church spoke in public forum and called some of the council out by name for their vote recently to do away with the distance...
Pregame excitement for young Lions at UT was a show in itself
By Steve Williams The opportunity of just getting to go to a University of Tennessee basketball game is thrilling enough for most 8-year-old boys, but to actually get to play on the Vols’ court before thousands of fans makes for a lifelong memory. Scoring a game-high...
The Knoxville Focus for December 19, 2016
High schools again provide holiday helpers By Steve Williams While much of Knoxvillians’ interest, along with their thoughts and prayers, has been in the deadly and destructive wildfires that struck the Sevier County area recently, the holiday season has continued...
Whining about the Electoral College
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News Sentinel came out last week with a milquetoast editorial noting the Democrats, still smarting over the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, want to debate the need for the Electoral College. Eventually the...
‘Tribute Truckster’ is now rolling year round
By Steve Williams In its fourth year on the roads of Knoxville and East Tennessee, the Family Truckster is looking better than ever. Owner Dave Moore has given her a bright, fresh pea-green paint job, the same color she donned when the Christmas Vacation movie,...
Senator Howard Baker, Part Eleven
By Ray Hill Senator Howard Baker entered the fall general election after having followed a strategy of organizing early and avoiding controversy. Baker’s opponent, Jane Eskind, had won the Democratic primary by self-funding and had tried to take advantage of the...
Charlie’s Unexpected Blessing
By Ralphine Major “I was totally surprised when I got my orders and found out I was going to Salzburg, Austria. I had to look on a map to see where it was located!” he said. “That was the beginning of a beautiful journey of a lifetime,” he added. Charlie Lovell was...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...