Republicans celebrate primary victories at Crowne Plaza By Ken Lay The 2024 Knox County Republican Primary had plenty of close races, many of which weren’t decided until late Tuesday night. And when the dust had settled there was plenty of celebration and even some...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley The REAL Threat To Our American Democracy These days we hear constantly about threats to our democracy. It’s time to boil these down and that’s easy to do. The people usually talking about the threats to our democracy are almost...
Longtime Farragut football coach Eddie Courtney announces retirement By Ken Lay One of the area’s top high school coaches is calling it a career. Longtime Farragut High School fixture Eddie Courtney, beloved coach, educator and community leader, announced his...
Republican Leader: Wallace White of Maine Wallace Humphrey White Jr. is little remembered today, but at one time he was the leader of Senate Republicans, at least in name. White could easily have come right out of central casting in Hollywood to play the role of a...
Knoxville Catholic girls spray white grape juice to celebrate their back-to-back Division II-AA state championship on March 2 at Tennessee Tech's Hooper Eblen Center in Cookeville. Falcons working to be ready for state By Steve Williams Fulton High’s boys basketball...
PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Austin-East Head Coach Denard Bertram (far left) talks to his basketball team after practice Friday at the Clifford H. Ross Gymnasium. Bertram, in his second season at A-E, has guided the Roadrunners to their first state tournament berth since...
Eight new voting places for Tuesday’s primary By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “Lines are going to be long,” warned Election Coordinator Chris Davis last week. Davis noted that there are 10 contested races in Knox County and that all the voting...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Buuck’s Opponent Running On Federal, Not Local, Issues David Buuck’s Republican opponent’s running for Knox County Law Director did motivate him to get a local telephone number and quite probably a local license plate. For quite...
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...
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