By Ken Lay The Knox County Board of Education’s regular session meeting lasted less than an hour late Wednesday afternoon at the Summer Place as all items on the agenda passed with little or no discussion. Following the 55-minute meeting, board members and those in...
Mullins is Hardin Valley’s new athletic director
By Steve Williams Mike Mullins’ retirement was a short one. The personable and hard-working Mullins is back at it as Hardin Valley Academy’s new athletic director. He had been the AD at Oak Ridge High School for 15 years until announcing his retirement on Dec. 3....
The Knoxville Focus for August 1, 2022
Mayor Jacobs hosts Get Out The Vote BBQ By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com With early voting winding down, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs hosted voters to a Get Out The Vote BBQ Friday evening held at The Barn in Powell with live music by Grassically Trained, and...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Double Standards? During the May Republican primary, Erik Wiatr was running the campaign of Steve Weiner against Commissioner Larsen Jay. Weiner, who has all the personality of a dead pet rock, castigated Jay in mailers for having voted in the...
The 1948 Election in Tennessee IX
By Ray Hill Only two weeks remained before Tennesseans trooped to the polls to cast their ballots in the 1948 election. Voters had an unusually large number of choices in the presidential race; Democrat Harry Truman, Republican Thomas E. Dewey, States’ Rights...
Leadership Knoxville celebrates reunion, welcomes Rysewyk
By Ken Lay It was a little late but the Leadership Knoxville Class of 2010 finally celebrated its 10-year reunion late Thursday afternoon at the Knoxville Museum of Art. The event was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020 at Cherokee Country Club. The...
Ribbon cut on facility that provides mental health services
By Bill Howard One would have to live under that proverbial rock to not know how widespread is the scourge of mental illness in America. Bad enough before the pandemic, it seems that the last two years have brought almost daily reports of the nation’s frightening...
Johnson IV leads Bobcats’ run game
By Steve Williams The strength of Central High’s football team this season will be “establishing the run and stopping the run” says Head Coach Nick Craney. Junior running back Frank Johnson IV, a powerful 5-9, 225-pounder, is expected to take care of the first part....
The Knoxville Focus for July 25, 2022
$59,000 for substitute magistrates questioned at commission meeting By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “Line Item Transfers” on the agenda refer to the moving of funds from one part of the Knox County budget to another and are normally approved without...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Graceless and Bad Manners As a kid, I remember old folks shaking their heads and muttering, “What is the world coming to?” I didn’t understand it then, but now I get it, especially after I heard Prince Harry addressed the United Nations. Evidently,...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...