South Haven is proud and growing By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com South Haven is as unique as any Knoxville neighborhood with a wide variety of people, incomes, homes and religious backgrounds and lots of pride in their part of the city. The...
Oscar DePriest of Illinois By Ray Hill The name of Oscar DePriest will surely be unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time, he was a political power in Chicago and was the first Black person to be elected to the City Council in the Windy City. DePriest also...
First Black president of KFOA is a ‘great leader’ By Steve Williams Among the many hats Adronicus ‘Bam’ Thomas has worn since he came to Knoxville from rural central Alabama in the 1980s, the ‘white hat’ he wears as a high school football referee means as much to him...
Catholic moves forward with co-head coaches By Steve Williams It is rare – perhaps even unprecedented – that a Knoxville high school football team will have interim co-head coaches this coming season. But that’s what has happened at Knoxville Catholic, where Steve...
New mental health court community committee to meet today By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Mental Health Court Advisory Board’s Community Coordinating Committee meets for the first time today at 2 p.m. in the Small Assembly Room of...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Housing Crisis For Whom? For the better part of two years, building slowed during COVID. That caused a housing problem in this country. We hear a lot of rattling about a “housing crisis” inside the City of Knoxville especially. ...
Bearden product having a sizzling season with Nats By Steve Williams In a 30-game stretch up to the Fourth of July, Lane Thomas was hotter than a firecracker on the Major League Baseball scene. The Knoxville native and Bearden High graduate (Class of 2014), who is the...
Mountain State Dynasty: John Kee of West Virginia By Ray Hill For forty years, one family dominated the politics of West Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District. John Kee, a former state senator, was elected to the House of Representatives in the Democratic landslide...
KFD Hosts Open House at Station 11 On Friday afternoon parents brought their children to the Open House at Fire Station 11 on Whittle Springs Road to tour the station and climb aboard the fire engine. Assistant Fire Chief Carla Jones, Mayor Indya Kincannon and Fire...
Farragut celebrates Independence Day with annual parade By Ken Lay The Town of Farragut celebrated America’s 247th birthday Tuesday morning with its annual Fourth of July Parade. The parade began under overcast skies but that didn’t dampen the celebration as local...
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