Emerald Academy: Positively Impacting City Scholars for Ten Years By Focus Staff Eriana Spencer moved to Knoxville at five years old to live with her grandparents. She started her schooling at a traditional public school, but by 2016, as sixth grade approached, her...
2024’s Biggest Losers: The Mainstream Media and the Far Left By Steve Hunley As we welcome the New Year, we can also reflect on a stormy 2024 and select the biggest winners and losers. The biggest winner of 2024 has to be Donald Trump who stunned the political...
Glover, Bearden product, making comeback at OSU By Steve Williams Ques Glover is keeping his eye on the goal more ways than one. In other words, scoring baskets could lead him to a professional career. The Bearden High product is in his sixth and last season on the...
‘Sunny Jim’ James E. Watson of Indiana By Ray Hill For half a century, James Eli Watson was an important factor in Indiana politics. For most of that time, Watson occupied a seat in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. A jovial fellow...
Pinehurst church rezoning for homes on city agenda By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When the Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday it will take up a first reading of a zoning proposal involving the almost four acres and former First Friends Quaker...
Knoxville Flea Market returns to EXPO Center By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Flea Market returned to the EXPO Center on Clinton Highway for a grand re-opening on Friday, December 20. The three-day event featured more than 250 booths,...
Fountain City Auction’s 20th Annual Advertising Auction is Saturday, January 4 By Ken Leinart There is the sound, ever so slight in the 10,000-square foot Fountain City Auction building, and then another sound of an object being moved. “I’m going to get you,” FCA...
2024: The Year Of Whoppers By Steve Hunley As the New Year approaches many Americans are feeling a sense of optimism. In thinking over the last year, I can’t remember a time in my life when the American people have been treated like they were utterly ignorant and...
The Gentleman From Oregon: Rufus Holman By Ray Hill Oftentimes the success of a candidate for public office has as much to do with the particular times, the mood of the public at a given moment. One of the advantages of being a United States senator is the length of a...
Historic Nicholas Gibbs Home Has Some Work Done By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com If you have traveled Emory Road in North Knox County you may have noticed an old cabin with a historic marker in front. That old log structure predates the state and was...
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