Spangler: Cancer ‘is almost non-existent’ By Ken Lay On a night when Republicans celebrated victories and turned their attention to the general election in November, some of the loudest cheers came for someone who wasn’t a candidate. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler...
John E. Rankin of Mississippi By Ray Hill It is a very rare thing when a human being has absolutely no redeeming feature. There have been instances where someone, usually a psychopath, doesn’t seem to have one good quality. The People’s House - - - the U.S. House of...
S.O.U.L.S. choir performs debut concert in Lonsdale By Ken Lay Members of the Sounds of Unity Lifting Spirits youth choir made their debut Wednesday morning at a local church. The S.O.U.LS. choir performed with the Center for English choir at the fellowship hall at...
Sportsmanship and championship were Capps’ way By Steve Williams Mike Capps will be the recipient of the Buck Vaughn Legacy Award at the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame event on Aug. 22. Vaughn, who passed away in 2018, was founder of the Knoxville Sports Hall...
Early voting turnout lower than usual By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “Turnout is down about 5% from two years ago and around 20 to 25% from four years ago,” Knox County Election Administrator Chris Davis told the Focus Friday. Saturday was the last...
Liberal Elites And The Media Are The Real Threat To Democracy By Steve Hunley It’s already begun. Much of the national media is busy rewriting history and telling us Kamala Harris was never the “border czar,” a name which they gave her themselves. Now they are busy...
Emerald Academy opens doors on 10th year with celebration Starting the school year off on the right foot By Ken Leinart High fives, poms poms, and “welcome back” signs – enough good stuff to make even the most school-dreading kid alive break out a smile. Emerald...
The Irrepressible Perennial Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia Faithful readers of this column will note I have covered some of the same subjects again, at least in terms of personages. I am attempting to give readers a better feel for what the person was like, his or...
Turner still takes part in the drills with the kids By Steve Williams Elston Turner said there were no basketball camps when he was young and remembers Clifford Ross taking him to a camp at the University of Louisville in Kentucky when he was a youngster. Back in the...
Stevens returns to A-E, expects ‘iron man football’ By Ken Leinart Great swathes of forests have been cut, milled and pulped to provide enough paper for football scribes and pundits to write about Austin-East head football coach Stanton Stevens and his many...
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