By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Anyone who travels North Broadway knows that the busy corridor is often a frustrating driving experience. Car, truck, bus and commercial vehicle traffic all seem to bottleneck in Fountain City. That’s exactly where the city decided...
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull, for fourteen years the congressman from Tennessee’s Fourth District, had lost his reelection bid in the 1920 Republican landslide. Tennessee had lost three longtime incumbents during the 1920 elections: besides Cordell Hull, Thetus W. Sims of...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com You’ll enjoy working with Lillian Williams at Willow Bay Gallery. This knowledgeable and talented woman certainly knows art and is proud to offer it to the public. Lillian, who owns Heritage Pools with her husband Bruce, has...
By Steve Williams Cooper Hardin’s orange cleats didn’t go with Farragut’s Navy Blue and Gray uniform color scheme. They stuck out like a sore thumb, you might say. But that was his reason for wearing them. Cooper said he wore them simply to help his mom pick him out...
Harmony, friendship and fun By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com There are 29 beautiful voices that make up K-Town Sound Show Chorus and when they sing it’s not only harmony but obviously fun. The Sweet Adeline group practiced last Thursday at First Presbyterian...
By Steve Hunley Most of the folks who voted for Donald Trump wanted some kind of change in Washington, D.C. There were doubtless folks who likely voted for Trump in the hope of some minor, albeit meaningful changes in the way things are done. There were probably a...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “I didn’t expect the turnout to be this great,” said Knoxville Historic Planner Kaye Graybeal recently during a public hearing on the proposed Edgewood-Park City Historic Zoning District. What she also probably didn’t expect were...
By Ray Hill Congressman Cordell Hull of Tennessee is frequently credited with being the “Father of the Income Tax.” Today, that is likely a dubious distinction. When the income tax was first approved in 1913, the tax code was fifteen pages long. Today, the tax code...
Dr. M.W. Rhyne has new location By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The East Tennessee Binocular Vision Center at 9051 Executive Park Drive, Suite 401, is the new home of Dr. M.W. Rhyne and his practice. Dr. Rhyne opened the new office to continue and extend his...
By Steve Williams Susan Davidson, Farragut Middle School girls basketball head coach, still remembers her team’s first game of the season loud and clear. It was an in-school game at Karns. “We lost by two points,” recalled Davidson. “It was a packed house, standing...
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