By Ray Hill With Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee assuming the Speaker’s chair in Congress, the Tennessee Congressional delegation in the House of Representatives faced a serious fight in protecting the Tennessee Valley Authority. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska,...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Good weather, great organization and a huge turnout all combined to make this year’s Honor Fountain City Day a success. The theme was “A Community of Volunteers” and the many people who helped to organize and put on the recent...
By Steve Williams The King’s Academy softball team was on the brink of elimination. With the scored tied and one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Friendship Christian had the winning run on third base and its clean-up batter at the plate in the Division II-A...
By Ken Lay SEYMOUR – For the first time in its program’s five-year history, the Seymour High School girls lacrosse team has an-all state player. That honor recently went to sophomore attacker Ryann Doyle. She was named to the squad by the coaches in the Tennessee...
By Steve Williams Knoxville high school baseball has spoiled us in the new millennium. In fact, you have to go back to 2000 to find the last spring Knox County didn’t have a team in any of the TSSAA finals. Grace Christian Academy kept the string of 16 years intact by...
By Ralphine Major It was a backyard gathering at a place I had never been before. I could hear the children’s laughter as they ran and played. Folks were sitting in lawn chairs under a big shade tree. I imagined that it was a scene much like in the day of the...
CASA Volunteers, H.A.B.I.T. Dogs Sworn In By David Klein Tuesday morning at Knox County Juvenile Court, Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Irwin swore in ten CASA volunteers and eight H.A.B.I.T. service dogs with seven handlers for an oath of service to assist children...
By Steve Williams The four senior members of Seymour’s softball team did not win a game in the Class AAA state tournament as their high school careers came to an end last week in Murfreesboro, but they didn’t go home empty handed. They got their diplomas. Instead of...
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s delegation in Congress in 1932 was effective and able; it would make a big difference in providing jobs for desperate Tennesseans, as well as flooding the state with projects and improvements. Congressman Joseph W. Byrns of Nashville was well...
By Steve Williams Four-time winner Rebecca Story and Catholic’s boys team led Knoxville-area participants in the TSSAA state track and field meet last week at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Story, the Christian Academy of Knoxville sophomore who is...
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