The Tragedy of William Knowland By Ray Hill William Fife Knowland seemingly had everything; born into a wealthy and powerful family, he eventually found himself in the United States Senate representing California. Rising to become the Majority Leader of the U.S....
Robinson comes back from injury to win girls’ title Smith sets new boys’ record By Steve Williams Kate Robinson pulled off an upset and Keegan Smith set a new boys’ record time in the annual Knoxville Interscholastic League Cross Country Championships on the Cherokee...
Farragut loses to top-ranked Bradley Central 28-20 By Mark Nagi Last Friday night, the Farragut Admirals knew that they’d be in for a battle when they hosted Class 6A’s top-ranked team. Bradley Central not only was undefeated but featured one of the best players in...
Holt kicks off campaign for Knox County Commission By Ken Lay Garrett Holt officially announced his intention to run for Knox County Commission late Thursday afternoon at a kickoff event at Scramble Jakes in Rocky Hill. Holt, 29, said that his intention is to serve...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Singh Running For Johnson’s Seat City Councilwoman Seema Singh is running for Gloria Johnson’s seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Johnson has announced she is running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate...
Local veterans honor POW-MIA Day By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Several dozen veterans, their families and citizens met at the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial at World’s Fair Park recently to honor and remember those military personnel missing in...
Frederick Gillet & the Fight for Speaker By Ray Hill The mutiny earlier this year inside the GOP caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives is not new, although it hasn’t happened in a long while. In fact, the last time it did occur was one hundred years...
Powell ends Halls’ win streak, 34-17 By Steve Williams Halls had a lot of breaks in the game, but couldn’t capitalize on enough of them to add Powell to its five-game winning streak. Coach Matt Lowe’s Panthers were resourceful in their 34-17 victory in the annual...
Spartan Strong: Webb pulls away from CAK, remains perfect on the season By Bill Howard After the first five games this season, Webb School of Knoxville’s football team was 5-0, and had not been challenged. Friday night the Spartans went on the road - less than half a...
Governor Lee lauds the efforts of state’s tourism industry By Ken Lay Tennessee Governor Bill Lee had some kind words for workers in the tourism and hospitality business in the Volunteer State Thursday. Lee spoke at the annual Conference on Tourism and Hospitality at...
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