Two candidates seek District 4 council seat By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voters in District 4 will be selecting candidates to replace Lauren Rider on city council this year. Jane George had been a candidate for the District 4 seat before leaving...
Sporting Clays Tournament Benefits Knox County GOP By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Iron Mountain Sporting Clays in Kodak was the vibrant setting for the second Sporting Clays Tournament, a spirited event held last Friday in support of the Knox County...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley The Greatest Scandal? If people were asked what is the greatest scandal to ever overtake a presidential administration, my guess is most would say “Watergate” under President Richard Nixon. The ongoing developments being released...
The Senator From Wisconsin F Ryan Duffy Wisconsin was considered to be a solidly Republican state by the time F. Ryan Duffy waged a campaign to be elected to the United States Senate in 1932. Yet there were two strong elements of the Republican Party inside the...
Double honors for Knoxville’s Elston Turner By Steve Williams Elston Turner enjoyed one treat after another. First on Saturday, July 19, the Knoxville product was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in Nashville in honor of his basketball career which has...
District 3 city council candidates answer Focus questions By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Four candidates are running to replace Seema Singh in Knoxville’s District 3. The Knoxville Focus asked each candidate four questions. Two winners will emerge...
Emerald Academy students walk the green carpet on first day of new academic year By Ken Lay Faculty, staff and administrators answered an early wake-up call on a hot morning early last week to welcome students back to school at Emerald Academy. The first day of...
Wellpoint Tennessee, Emerald Youth host Back-To-School Bash By Ken Lay In an event that resembled both a career day and a street fair, the Emerald Youth Foundation partnered with Wellpoint Tennessee for a Back-To-School Bash Friday afternoon at the Haslam-Sansom...
I Stand With Israel By Steve Hunley The Left in this country, along with its allies in the corporate media, has made the Middle East all about Palestine, blithely ignoring the horror of October 7 and the deliberate and savage rape and murders of citizens from infants...
Two candidates seek District 2 city council seat By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voters in District 2 will be selecting Andrew Roberto’s replacement on city council in the non-partisan city elections this year. The Knox County Election Commission...
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