By Steve Hunley The Knoxville News-Sentinel is no stranger to hypocrisy; no indeed, the Sentinel and hypocrisy are on intimate terms. The story published in the Sentinel last Saturday attacking Commissioners Charles Busler and Bob Thomas reached new heights of...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com About 100 people attended the groundbreaking last Tuesday for the new Morning Pointe Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on Westland Drive near the Pellissippi Parkway. The West Knox County facility began Phase One of the...
By Ray Hill Clifford Davis had first been selected by E. H. Crump, the undisputed political boss of Shelby County, to go to Congress in a 1940 special election. Davis had remained in Congress since that time and his congressional career had likely been saved when he...
By Steve Williams I have taken a closer look at Tennessee team performances for men and women on the SEC and NCAA levels during the 2016-17 school year. From an overall standpoint, it’s not a pretty sight. In 2009, UT put men’s and women’s cross country and track into...
By Steve Williams Jeff Phillips called Austin-East’s win at Fulton in 2016 “a signature win for our program.” The 20-13 victory over their city rival sparked the Roadrunners to a 12-2 season and a run to the Class 2A state semifinals. “Fulton was beating us...
Faith, family and community converge to celebrate a miracle By Richie Beeler Johnny Sawyer Dyer just wanted to go home. But even the imagination of a seven-year-old could not have envisioned what was waiting for him when he got there. Last Tuesday night when Sawyer...
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Commission will be considering voting on an issue today that is of vital importance to every resident of our community. The commissioners are being asked to renew the contract for ambulance service held by AMR, formerly Rural/Metro. ...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The early renewal proposal for ambulance service in Knox County saw lots of discussion and questions during the Knox County Commission’s work session last week and the issue may come to a head today during the regular meeting. The...
By Ray Hill Congressman Clifford Davis of Memphis had served in the House of Representatives since 1940 and in 1959 was the chairman of the House Public Works Committee. A relatively obscure committee to most folks, it became of prime importance to Tennessee. Davis...
By Ken Lay An early scoring barrage spelled victory for the Webb School of Knoxville girls soccer team in its home opener Tuesday night. The Lady Spartans got off to a fast start and tallied four times over the first 40 minutes en route to a 5-0 victory over...
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