Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Council Members Should Be Elected By District The Knoxville City Council, those lovers of democracy, are trying to undo what the Tennessee General Assembly tried to force them to do: allow district representatives to be...
FBA makes big news on prep golf scene By Steve Williams First Baptist Academy in Powell is one of the smallest high schools in Knox County enrollment-wise, but its boys’ golf team recently won the county’s biggest regular season tournament on the 2024 calendar. FBA...
Song & Dance Man in the Senate George Murphy of California By Ray Hill The most notable actor who transitioned to politics was, of course, Ronald Reagan. Later came Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was elected governor. Before either Reagan or Schwarzenegger were...
Knoxville Track and Field Club, Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon donate $15,000 to community partners The Knoxville Track and Field Club and the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon presented checks totaling $15,000 last week to two community partners following a...
New skipper impresses West as a program builder By Steve Williams Leaving Clinton High School after building its baseball program for five years was bittersweet for Rob Stacy. But he couldn’t resist the opportunity to coach against some of the best teams in the state....
Council scrambling to get voting changes on ballot By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening with a lengthy agenda that includes three different ways to change the way future councils are elected. The rush to...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Liberals: Believe Us Or Your Lyin’ Eyes When people ask me about “the good old days” and what do I miss the most, I always say people being able to think for themselves and make up their own minds. There are more and more reports...
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...
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