By Ken Lay Knox County held its annual tax sale early last week. The final numbers weren’t in by press time, but Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs couldn’t have been happier. “The thing that’s the most exciting to me is that we’ve got these properties back on the tax...
By Ray Hill Charles Edison was the son of one of America’s foremost innovators and entrepreneurs, Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas A. Edison is perhaps the best remembered inventor in American history. Yet when Charles Edison died, the Paterson Morning Call...
By Steve Williams L.A. Headrick is back at home and doing what he loves to do. And that’s coaching at Central High School, where he started in 1999. He resigned last November after his second season as the head coach at South-Doyle. It was his first head...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville-Knox County Emergency Management District Board of Directors met Tuesday and voted to make several recommendations on the agency’s 2027 budget. Knox 911 Director Brad Anders told the members the agency...
CHS alumni group hosts Wall of Fame induction breakfast By Ken Lay The Central High School Alumni Association recently held its first induction ceremony since 2019. Once an annual event, the induction breakfast returned on May 16 and seven CHS alumni received their...
By Steve Hunley Tom Spangler Is A Great Sheriff - Mayor Williams Should Be Ashamed Sheriff Tom Spangler has launched a blistering letter to Ron Williams, the mayor of Farragut. The letter comes after Williams appeared on WBIR-TV to express his dismay that the Knox...
This school year marks The Focus’ 15th annual recognition of our top Student-Athletes. Five local high schools – Central, Grace Christian, Knoxville Catholic, South-Doyle and West – lead off the first week. Twenty-five high schools are in our coverage area....
By Ray Hill Some years ago, both political parties in Connecticut were careful to bolster their respective tickets with ethnically balanced tickets. Aside from the old “Yankee” population, there were Jews, Italians and a substantial Polish population to think about. ...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When the rain let up Monday morning, a large crowd of parents, children and grandparents turned out for the annual Honor Fountain City Day in the Park. The Memorial Day event began at 10 a.m. and stretched into...
By Ken Lay Farragut High School’s baseball team just keeps winning, winning and winning, and now, the Admirals have made history on the diamond. When Farragut endured a long day at the ballpark on Friday, May 22, it won its fifth consecutive state championship,...
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