Memorial Day means Honor Fountain City! By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There are several events planned for next Monday as our area celebrates Memorial Day but there’s nothing like the special events at Honor Fountain City Day. The celebration, presented...
By Steve Hunley Shoes are beginning to drop as the mainstream media hurries to excuse methods they would have used to ruin careers and lives in other circumstances. Tucker Carlson had as his guest writer and senior editor of The Federalist Mollie Hemingway last week...
By Ken Lay Longtime Gibbs High School softball coach Carol Mitchell saw her team do exactly what she wanted in the Region 2-AA Championship Game. Mitchell’s Lady Eagles pounded out 13 hits in a 12-1 five-inning victory over Kingston Wednesday night before a...
By Ray Hill Austin Peay had been an exceedingly popular governor, first winning election in 1922. Although he had lost a bid to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1918, he had proved to be an effective vote-getter in 1922 when he had defeated former...
By Steve Williams Hunter Merrick may be a 15-year-old high school freshman pitcher, but he wasn’t worried. He had confidence in his defense and Farragut’s hitters as well. The 5-10, 155-pound lefthander did his part too, limiting highly regarded Karns to two...
By Ken Lay Julia Adams punched her ticket to Murfreesboro Tuesday afternoon and she’ll head to Spring Fling this week with her eyes on a state championship. Adams, a senior tennis player for Bearden High School, will head to Furman in the fall. But she...
Free Tennessee Smokies tickets to reward good behavior By Steve Williams Mike Donila had a big handful of tickets to Tennessee Smokies baseball games Thursday he was looking to give away. Yes, there is a catch. After all, it is baseball. But earning the free...
By Steve Hunley Mayor Tim Burchett has always liked the imagery of being the white knight arriving just in the nick of time to save the damsel in distress. It seems to be a scenario Burchett simply cannot resist. The latest episode of the intrepid Burchett’s...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We were looking for a business that would permit us to give back to people in our community,” said Kelly Lohman. She’s a former school teacher and her husband, Layne, works for Siemens Healthcare. “We were first introduced to...
By Ray Hill Governor Albert H. Roberts, first elected in 1918, was having a difficult time winning reelection in 1920. Tennessee had traditionally given governors a second two-year term, save for the most controversial or incompetent. Roberts had been an able enough...
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