By Ken Lay After Central High School recently won the Class 5A State Championship, the players and coaches got a heroes’ welcome upon returning to Knoxville. Area businesses, football boosters and high school football fans haven’t been shy in passing out...
By Mike Steely You probably know about the mass Cherokee removal known as the “Trail of Tears” but I’ll bet you have no idea of the many treaties drawn up with that tribe that moved them out of East Tennessee. Those treaties led eventually to the U. S. Military...
By Ken Lay Vine Middle School’s boys basketball team kept its perfect record and long road winning streak intact recently. But it wasn’t easy. The Golden Bears got off to a fast start to nab a 37-33 Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference victory over...
Richie Beeler appointed to 8th District seat By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com After five rounds of voting, Richie Beeler, a person with four generations of roots in Corryton, was selected to replace Dave Wright as commissioner representing the 8th District of Knox...
By Steve Hunley The time between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays should be cause for reflection. Certainly, both are wonderful occasions where we celebrate with our family and cherished friends. It also ought to be a time where we reflect upon and think about...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Like most of you I was introduced to Bill Landry while he was hosting the award-winning The Heartland Series on WBIR-TV. Bill has a folksy way of telling a story and proved to be much more than just a host. He assembled...
By Steve Williams Henry was enough to handle, but Central High’s football team also had to deal with Lorraine and Wendy – Mother Nature’s two daughters – to claim this year’s TSSAA Class 5A state championship. Lorraine drenched Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium and...
By Steve Williams First Baptist Academy basketball fans recognized a special achievement of a FBA player prior to the Eagles’ home game in Powell Tuesday, Dec. 4. Noah Harris, FBA junior, was honored for having reached the 1,000-point plateau in his prep career...
Bobcats claw out 14-9 win for first state championship By Steve Williams They saved the best for last. Knoxville Central and Henry County even had Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium all to their self Sunday afternoon for the TSSAA Class 5A state football championship...
By Steve Hunley The passing of former President George Herbert Walker Bush reminds me of what a uniquely American life he led. Part of what has rightly been called “the greatest generation” by author David Halberstam, George Bush grew up in a privileged family...
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