Knox Co. boys basketball’s best By Steve Williams One player on The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ All-Knox County team has received offers from four major college programs and another has drawn interest from Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl, who previously was the head coach at...
Central’s Isaac Katz receives appointment to US Naval Academy By Ken Lay A Central High School senior recently received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. Isaac Katz is the first known student from Central to receive an appointment to Annapolis. Katz...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley McNally Is A Victim Of Hypocrisy The hypocritical outrage expended by the Leftists over Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally and his internet doings is much ado about nothing. A man of great integrity, McNally has been an excellent...
Knox County girls basketball’s best By Steve Williams Some of the top players in the state are on The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ 2022-23 All-Knox County girls basketball team. Seventeen head coaches of the 20 high schools in Knox County nominated players from their...
By Ray Hill Virtually anything can happen in politics. The fight for one man, one vote had finally brought about a change in reapportionment, giving urban counties more representation, since districts were drawn according to population. The rural domination of...
Cameron Brooks Announces for Council By Focus Staff Cameron Brooks, a former member of the Knox County Election Commission and local realtor, kicked off his campaign for an at-large seat on the Knoxville City Council on March 9. Brooks held his campaign opener at the...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Alice Bell / Spring Hill Neighborhood Association was officially created in 1990 as a grassroots group. Over the years, the group has grown and become officially recognized by the city of Knoxville and has been...
Questions about the Amazon Distribution Center continue By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com As the city and county tout the approval of the Sports Authority’s issuance of bonds for stadium construction and the city finalizes reconstruction of the former...
By Steve Hunley District Council Members Should Be Elected By Their District. . . Not Citywide! In his blog, “Comments from the Councilman,” City Councilman Andrew Roberto opposes the legislation sponsored by state Senator Richard Briggs that would eliminate district...
Team play leads Lady Irish to gold By Steve Williams A “team philosophy” won out in the end said Knoxville Catholic Head Coach Travis Mains after the Lady Irish captured the school’s first-ever girls basketball state title. Ensworth’s Jaloni Cambridge, the No. 1...
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