Iowa’s Cantankerous Congressman Harold Royce “H. R.” Gross By Ray Hill It is fair to say there was not a speck of get-along-go-along in the character of Harold Royce Gross, a former newscaster who spent 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the...
Karns High honors its Hall of Fame inductees “He may have been a giant of a man, but he also was a teddy bear – our teddy bear.” – Dewanna Glover By Steve Williams R.T. Everette, Jr., most commonly known as Tommy, was the first to be inducted into the inaugural Karns...
Central starts fast, holds off West rally By David Klein In its first Region 2-5A game of the season at Central, the Bobcats got off to a fast start against the West Rebels in the first half but withstood a furious West rally in the fourth quarter to win 29-21. The...
Council vote on midway sale could be postponed By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When the Knoxville City Council meets tonight, most of the attention was to be on the discussion and vote on selling part of Chilhowee Park to the Emerald Youth...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Pitiful Turnout For City Election What if they had an election and nobody came? That’s pretty much what happened during the Knoxville City Council elections during early voting. Only 5,284 people voted during early voting. ...
Jayla Blue shatters Bearden’s all-time scoring record with hat trick against GPS By Ken Lay Jayla Blue recorded a hat trick to lead the Bearden High School girls soccer team to a 5-0 victory Thursday. But it wasn’t just the ordinary three-goal night for the Lady...
The Unknown Long George S. Long of Louisiana By Ray Hill One of the most enduring of all political dynasties is that founded by Huey Pierce Long, Louisiana’s “Kingfish.” Even those who barely know anything about politics and history are oftentimes familiar with the...
Powell rallies to beat Farragut, 26-21 By Mark Nagi The Powell Panthers were hopeful that their injured star quarterback, senior Deuce Rodgers, would be ready to go for their Week 2 game against Farragut. Instead, it was backup Brodie Hollowell leading the charge,...
TSD’s Renzen ‘has skills from A to Z’ By Steve Williams Tennessee School for the Deaf will be playing 6-man football full time this season with junior standout Renzen Shaw leading the way. “He’s the total package,” said Head Coach Bryan Bowen last week. “He’s just an...
Tuesday is Election Day for low-turnout city primary By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voter turnout so far in the Knoxville City Council Primary election has been poor, and each of the five races could be decided by a small margin. The campaigns...
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