Honoring Bob Booker By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The recent death of Knoxville’s Robert J. “Bob” Booker surprised many who thought the community leader would live forever. During his long life, Booker was a Civil Rights leader, a founder and...
The Strong Man of North Carolina F.M. Simmons By Ray Hill It would surprise me greatly if one reader out of a thousand knew the name of Furnifold McLendel Simmons. Long ago consigned to the pages of history, there was a time when F. M. Simmons was the most potent...
ALL-KNOX COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM A-E’s Mr. Excitement is Player of the Year Webb’s Norris is Coach of the Year By Steve Williams You can be sure that many fans have their eyes on Shane Cherry when he takes the basketball court. The Austin-East High School junior...
Mains and Lady Irish wrap up second state title By Steve Williams The Sydney Mains Era is over at Knoxville Catholic. She didn’t go out in a blaze of glory, but back-to-back Division II-AA state championships will provide a lot of good memories in the years to come....
Senator Blackburn to speak at Knox GOP Lincoln Day Dinner By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com William “Buddy” Burkhardt, the chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, has announced the annual Lincoln Day Dinner is scheduled for Friday, March 8 at Rothchild’s...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Law Director’s Race: Experience vs. Inexperience What does a candidate say when he has no record of success of any kind? For one thing, he doesn’t discuss any real issue, especially when he doesn’t grasp the duties of the office...
ALL-KNOX COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM Mains is Player of the Year despite injuries Hernandez tabbed Coach of the Year By Steve Williams Sydney Mains has had multiple injuries in her high school basketball career at Knoxville Catholic but still managed to become one of...
Maine’s ‘Mr. Democrat’ Louis Jefferson Brann By Ray Hill Years ago, Maine was one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation. While Democrats there weren’t quite as rare as Republicans were in the South at the time, they were used to losing elections. Even...
TDOE Designates 24 Reward Schools in Knox County By Ken Leinart Knox County Schools (KCS) announced 24 schools have earned “Reward School” status for the 2022-2023 school year. The announcement was made Thursday, Feb. 22, at Ritta Elementary School, which hosted the...
February Knoxville Flea Market a huge success By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Flea Market’s recent move to the Chilhowee Park’s Jacob Building was hugely successful. The 250 vendor booths drew people from around the region and the...
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