By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com   Beginning in July the Knoxville City Council will begin meeting at 6 p.m. rather than the previous 7 p.m. meeting time. The council passed the time change unanimously Tuesday evening and, in doing so, also moved the Beer...

By Steve Williams Mitch Turner has built a strong foundation for the Grace Christian Academy baseball program. The way he sees it – three straight trips to the Class A state finals are definitely something to build on and that’s the plan. The Rams lose five seniors,...

By Steve Williams Makenna Black spent most of the 2015-16 school year leading cheers for Fulton High’s football and basketball teams. This spring, however, she was on the receiving end of the cheers as a leading player on the Lady Falcons’ softball team. For her...

By Ken Lay Conley Hamilton and Bryson Cowden enjoyed their middle and high school basketball careers in Powell. They both graduated from high school recently. During their time at the middle school, they won a James A Ivey Jr. Memorial Middle School Tournament...

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com James White, the founder of Knoxville, was at Fort James White Fort recently to commemorate the State of Franklin Day. So were John Sevier, William and Mary Blount, and many other period costumed characters. The characters, all...

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...