Catching Up With Vice Mayor Tommy Smith By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com First District Councilman Tommy Smith was selected by his fellow council members in the reorganization meeting recently to become the new vice mayor. After being appointed to...
John Sparkman of Alabama By Ray Hill For forty-two years, John Sparkman served the people of Alabama in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. An enthusiastic advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Sparkman was considered a...
Murphey has sights set on fourth state crown By Steve Williams Ella Murphey is on the homestretch of reaching a four-year goal she set as a freshman wrestler at Hardin Valley Academy in 2020-21. That goal was to match what Kenya Sloan had accomplished in girls...
Carter girls roll past Gibbs ‘again’ to take region title By Steve Williams It’s not easy defeating a rival five out of five times in a season. But that’s what Carter High’s girls bowling team had to do Jan. 8 to wrap up the Region 1 championship at Fountain Lanes....
A miracle two decades in the making By Ken Leinart Miracle Ridge. To really understand the importance of the “Hallelujah” moment that created Miracle Ridge, you have to go back some 22 years. Hand Up For Women started in 2002 with a simple goal and has kept true to...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Claudine Gay Resigns... Good Riddance Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard, has offered up her resignation after her abysmal performance at a now notorious congressional hearing. Gay might have survived that episode had it not...
Lady Falcon trio leads comeback win at WB By Steve Williams William Blount junior Savannah Darnell was putting on a “one-girl show” against Fulton on her home court last Wednesday night. When the Lady Falcons came into their locker room trailing by 17 points at...
Re-electing the Senator: The Final Campaign of William B. Bate By Ray Hill By 1903, only two men had ever been elected to a fourth term in the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee: Isham G. Harris and William B. Bate. The two men had several things in...
Fulton quickly gets back on right track By Steve Williams Everyone seemed to be in agreement that Fulton’s first loss of the season was a good loss. The defending Class 3A state champions were riding a 32-game win streak when Murfreesboro Central Magnet stopped Fulton...
Bishop hopes to be ready to play by March By Steve Williams Tennessee freshman running back De’Sean Bishop is on the road to recovery and hopes to be 100 percent for spring practice in March, he told The Focus last Thursday. The Karns High School product and one of...
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