By Steve Hunley Better Screeners Needed As Republicans in Knox County prepared to go into convention last week, Credentials Committee member Kevin Hill was busy trying to disqualify legitimate GOP voters. Among those Hill tried to claim weren’t Republican voters was...
By Steve Williams It’s no secret that the key to success in basketball is a team’s shooting accuracy. And that was clearly noticeable Thursday night as Seymour’s girls scorched Carter 70-19 in the opening game of the District 3-3A tournament at Jim Williams Gymnasium...
By Ray Hill Henry Clay Evans had been elected to Congress from Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in 1888 as a Republican. His victory had been a profound shock to local Democrats who promptly gerrymandered his district and castigated the congressman for his...
A for-sure ‘Vol for Life’ By Tom Mattingly Gus Manning, a respected and legendary figure in the University of Tennessee Athletic Department and across the expanse of the campus and state, and wherever Vol fans gather, died Feb. 12 in Knoxville. Across Vol Nation, soft...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler is having trouble recruiting men and women to become correctional officers at the county jail. He recently asked the Knox County Commission for permission to drop the minimum entry age...
Knoxville TVA Credit Union opens Northshore location By Ken Lay Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union is celebrating its 89th anniversary this year. The financial institution celebrated by officially opening a new location in West Knox County. The newest location...
By Steve Hunley Knox County Republicans To Reorganize Knox County Republicans will gather to reorganize in convention on Saturday, February 18 at Crowne College in Powell. The little band of political pirates who boarded the GOP ship two years ago is fighting...
After a grown-up decision, West twins will go separate ways By Steve Williams West High’s talented football twins, Brayden and Cayden Latham, have always played on the same team, but that will change this coming season. Brayden, a running back, and Cayden, a defensive...
By Ray Hill Robert A. “Fats” Everett lay ailing in Nashville’s Veterans Hospital. For decades the 6-foot-4 congressman, whose weight teetered between 255 and 370 pounds, had been a fixture in Tennessee politics. Everett had learned politics from some of the...
Clayton’s Christmas Card By Ralphine Major His Christmas card was postmarked November 23, 2022. It included a picture of him wearing his traditional white cowboy hat. Little did we know that this Christmas card would be the last one from Clayton Sharp. Clayton passed...
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