Emerald Youth Foundation holds annual prayer breakfast By Ken Lay Emerald Youth Foundation President and CEO Steve Diggs kept it simple as he made his remarks at the organization’s annual prayer breakfast Friday morning, “The time is now,” Diggs said in his opening...
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
Knox Museum of Education’s Sock Hop benefit coming back By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Saddle shoes and penny loafers, poodle skirts, short shorts, stovepipe jeans, greased back hair on boys and teased hair for girls, early rock and roll, golden...
Three from Powell sign to play college soccer By Steve Williams Three Powell High girls soccer players have signed scholarship papers to play on the college level starting next season. Ciarrah Turner will be going to Johnson University, while Makhira Ralston and...
Con Hunley to return to Union County Opry stage By Focus Staff Con Hunley, one of East Tennessee’s most beloved performers, is coming back to the Union County Opry. “I’m looking forward to bringing my band back up to Union County for another great show,” Hunley told...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley The Wrecking Crew... Rule Or Ruin I have always admired Newt Gingrich and recall the “revolution” that saw Republicans win the House of Representatives in 1994. The first thing that the new Republican majority did was to elect...
YWCA launches Keys of Hope Campaign By Ken Leinart YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley is making a big push to reach its goal of raising $11.5 million to renovate its office at 420 West Clinch Avenue in downtown Knoxville. With $9.9 million raised since 2019 when...
Tarheel Statesman: Cameron Morrison of North Carolina By Ray Hill Since 1900, only three men have served as a congressman, governor and United States senator from North Carolina: Cameron Morrison, Clyde Hoey and William B. Umstead. Only Clyde Hoey was elected to all...
Knoxville mayor announces $461.6 million budget By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon’s State of the City address Friday proposed a $461.6 million budget and an operating fund of $338 million. Her proposal comes with no...
Several new KIL records could be set this year By Steve Williams The record book may look a lot different after this week’s Knoxville Interscholastic League track and field meet. Seven boys’ events and four girls’ events could have a new KIL record holder when it’s...
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