Moore adds Miller-Davis to CSA program By Steve Williams Coach Dave Moore is in his 23rd year of heading up the Careacter Star Athlete program. How many more years he will be in that position are in “God’s hands” he will tell you. He has been battling prostate cancer...
Busy Briley still finds time to give to others By Steve Williams In addition to sending in Careacter Star Athletes for their basketball teams this past season, each head coach from Knox County and the Seymour area could also send in a specific example of good...
Isaiah 117 House holds fundraising luncheon By Ken Lay The Knoxville Isaiah 117 House held its fundraising luncheon early last week at Buffat Heights Baptist Church. The event, hosted by WVLT anchor Casey Wheeless, was held to raise money and seek volunteers for the...
Peaceful Protests Or Insurrections? By Steve Hunley America is wearing its crown of thorns following a decade of restorative practices and the absence of consequences rampant for so long, and most especially in the last four years. During the summer of the antifa...
Emerald Youth Foundation holds annual prayer breakfast By Ken Lay Emerald Youth Foundation President and CEO Steve Diggs kept it simple as he made his remarks at the organization’s annual prayer breakfast Friday morning, “The time is now,” Diggs said in his opening...
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
Knox Museum of Education’s Sock Hop benefit coming back By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Saddle shoes and penny loafers, poodle skirts, short shorts, stovepipe jeans, greased back hair on boys and teased hair for girls, early rock and roll, golden...
Three from Powell sign to play college soccer By Steve Williams Three Powell High girls soccer players have signed scholarship papers to play on the college level starting next season. Ciarrah Turner will be going to Johnson University, while Makhira Ralston and...
Con Hunley to return to Union County Opry stage By Focus Staff Con Hunley, one of East Tennessee’s most beloved performers, is coming back to the Union County Opry. “I’m looking forward to bringing my band back up to Union County for another great show,” Hunley told...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley The Wrecking Crew... Rule Or Ruin I have always admired Newt Gingrich and recall the “revolution” that saw Republicans win the House of Representatives in 1994. The first thing that the new Republican majority did was to elect...
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