Publisher’s Positions Burchett Responds To Ashe By Steve Hunley Last week, Congressman Tim Burchett dropped the equivalent of a political atomic bomb on Victor Ashe. The former mayor writes a column for the Shopper, which appears online in the Knoxville...
New stadium named Covenant Health Park By Ken Lay Knoxville’s new all-purpose sports stadium remains under construction in the Old City. It won’t open until April 2025, but it already has a name. The new stadium, which will be home to the Knoxville Smokies and the One...
Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming By Ray Hill There was a time when Wyoming was not such a rock-ribbed Republican state. Like much of the rest of the country, with the advent of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, Wyoming elected its share of Democrats to statewide...
Emotional farewells from five Knox County Commissioners By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Five people who could not be more different from each other gave emotional farewells last week during their final meeting as Knox County Commissioners. Goodbyes...
Seniors for Creative Learning readies for fall semester By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Seniors for Creative Learning is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to encouraging individuals age 50 and older to learn new things and enjoy new...
Angora Frog Farm opens in Powell By Ken Leinart Legacy Parks Foundation and Knox County opened a new child-focused park and dog park in Powell on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Angora Frog Farm and Dog Park sits on 14 acres of land donated in 2020 to Legacy Parks by Arvin and...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kamala The Chameleon You read it here first, but it has spread throughout the country following my editorial about “reimagining” Kamala. Evidently, Kamala is the perfect political chameleon. She has demonstrated she can change...
Equipment guy to ball boy, Central to honor Wininger By Steve Williams David Wininger still remembers wanting to be a quarterback when he came to Central High School as a freshman in 1982. It didn’t turn out that way, but Dave has become a quarterback’s best friend at...
The Gentleman From Alabama: George Huddleston By Ray Hill Courtly, nicely dressed and usually wearing a black bowtie, George Huddleston, to all outward appearances, seemed to be a typical Southern congressman. A fiery speaker, Huddleston had been a successful...
Wallace Women craft love for the homebound Over 50 Wallace Women came together for the annual Craft Night recently to make pieces of art to deliver to their homebound community. “Wallace Women strive to actively serve both ladies in the walls of the church and those...
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