O’Neil treasures relationships and championships By Steve Williams The total number of athletes who have been members of the teams Sean O’Neil has coached over the past 16 years at Knoxville Catholic High School is not readily known. But you can be sure each one has...
Oklahoma’s Crazy Congressman: Manuel Herrick By Ray Hill If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone suggest a member of Congress was crazy, Elon Musk would be a pauper by comparison. Yet in the case of Manuel Herrick of Oklahoma, it was not simply the opinion...
Bearden Village has much to be proud of By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Bearden neighborhood began as farmland in the 19th century and is named for the former Knoxville Mayor and state legislator Marcus De Lafayette Bearden. In 1962 it was...
MARISA MITCHELL, CADENCE CAPTURES The West High School marching band plays at halftime Friday night at Dan Y. Boring Stadium on the Central High campus. Powell next! ‘We can’t wait,’ says Halls coach By Steve Williams The Battle of Emory Road will be rockin’ at...
Tennessee Valley Fair kicks off 103rd year By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Tennessee Valley Fair kicked off its 103-year Friday at Chilhowee Park with a large crowd of elected officials, fair supporters and interested citizens. Andy Holt, a...
By Steve Hunley Gloria Johnson Off and Running Gloria Johnson made it official, she’s running for the U.S. Senate against Senator Marsha Blackburn. Johnson is heavily relying on the Covenant shootings, the expulsions from the Tennessee House of Representatives of the...
Football mom to be on the road for 12 games By Steve Williams If there’s ever recognition for Best Moms who support their sons in football, EuGenie Latham should be the captain. It’s tough for a football mom who now has three sons playing college football on three...
E. W. Marland of Oklahoma By Ray Hill The life story of Ernest Whitworth Marland is a tale of the rise and fall of an American businessman and politician like a Hollywood movie. It is the story of rising to amazing heights and falling just as far. Marland made an...
Smith and Archdale win CC titles in Fall Classic By Steve Williams Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic and Hardin Valley Academy’s Maddie Archdale took first place in the boys’ and girls’ 5K cross-country races, respectively, in the Victor Ashe Park Fall Classic...
Hot Halls hammers Hardin Valley, 31-0 By Steve Williams In the Battle of the “H” Friday night, Halls halted Hardin Valley 31-0. In fact, the showdown of two 3-0 teams turned into a lower case. Sophomore quarterback Amari Lethgo threw three touchdown passes and the Red...
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