By Steve Hunley Recently, there has been a rash of threats in our schools. It seems like every passing day, someone has threatened to blow up a particular school or there is some other threat of serious violence. Superintendent Jim McIntyre simply murmurs some vague...
By Ray Hill Willis Robertson has been gone for almost forty-five years, but for decades he was an important figure in Congress and a member of perhaps the most genteel political machine in the country. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is because he was the father...
By Sally Absher McIntyre to Head Center for Educational Leadership KCS Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre, who will be stepping down from his $227,256 position in July, has been hired to head the Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Tennessee. He will...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We carry the best in basic boutique fashion and specialize in brands like Intro, UMGE, Jodifl and Pol,” said Hello Beautiful Boutique’s Haley Arroyo. Haley and her mother Heather opened the new fashion shop at 113 E Emory Road in...
By Alex Norman On Saturday, April 16th, Tennessee concluded spring practice with the annual Orange & White Game. The Orange defeated the White 70-63 with a scoring system even the brightest minds at M.I.T. could not master. Many of the announced crowd of more...
By Steve Williams Babe Ruth made 60 one of the great numbers in sports when he hit that many home runs in 1927. And just recently, Kobe Bryant’s farewell NBA performance was made even grander when he scored 60 points. The number 60 is special for high school shot...
By Ken Lay A little overtime netted a historic victory for the Hardin Valley Academy softball team Thursday night at Farragut High School’s Bellamy Field. It took eight innings but the Lady Hawks, who made the Class AAA State Tournament for the first time in 2015,...
Scenic Knoxville Celebrating Eight Years By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The local organization that fought and won a new sign ordinance for Knoxville, got a ban on digital signs and electronic message boards and continues to seek out and report abandoned signs...
By Steve Hunley Last week’s meeting and work session of the Knox County Board of Education confirmed beyond any reasonable doubt that the poison of politics is still the bread of Jim McIntyre’s reign. Board member Tracie Sanger had a public meltdown during the work...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The riverboat was built for about 376 passengers but, because the captain was being paid for each passenger he could carry, the Sultana was packed with more than 2,000 people on its final voyage. Most of the passengers were Union...
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