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...
By Ken Lay Water polo is an Olympic sport and played by most schools on the West Coast but the sport has been in Knoxville and Bearden High School since 2013. It is alive and well at the school. The Bulldogs water polo club recently competed in the state...
Culp hurls Beavers to third straight title By Steve Williams With southpaw starter Jared Culp allowing only one hit through six innings, Karns High’s baseball team just needed a little offense of its own in the championship game of the District 3-AAA...
Provisional ballots counted Glenn Jacobs Wins Republican Primary for Knox County Mayor By Focus Staff The battle for Knox County mayor and sheriff was the major draw for voters in last week’s primary election with the contest for mayor even taking a look at...
By Steve Hunley “Collectively, we raise our voice and call for our public officials to hear their constituents,” Reverend Meredith Loftis cried at the Central United Methodist Church. The estimated 2,000 people gathered were some of Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s...
By Pete Gawda “Knoxville cares about its children,” Steve Diggs, CEO of Emerald Youth Foundation, told a record crowd of 1,600 at the organization’s 25th annual prayer breakfast held Friday, May 4 at the Knoxville Expo Center. Emerald Youth Foundation is a...
By Ray Hill Republicans were nowhere near a majority in the state of Tennessee in 1920, although they were briefly a force to be reckoned with when the Democrats were torn asunder by strife. Ben W. Hooper had twice been elected governor in 1910 and 1912 following a...
By Steve Williams Andy Bolton was part of a great era in Central High baseball. Now he’s doing what he can to bring back more glory days on the diamond for his alma mater. His Gresham baseball team defeated South-Doyle 7-1 to capture the Knox County Middle...
By Ken Lay If one word described Halls High School’s run through its District 3-AAA baseball schedule, the word would be ‘streaky,’ And the Red Devils didn’t head into the league’s postseason tournament playing their best ball but they did enough to right their...
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