Commission to consider new interstate bypass By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Twenty-two years ago a new bypass was proposed by the state for Knoxville. The “Orange Route” was to link Interstate 40/75 with northbound I-75 but was abandoned after some...
From farmland to historic homes: Old North Knoxville By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Back in 1889, the growing streetcar suburb of North Knoxville had developed as its own community complete with paved streets, a fire station and city hall, a school...
Jesse Wolcott of Michigan By Ray Hill Short, chunky, and bespectacled, Jesse Wolcott looked more like a small town lawyer or accountant than the ideal of a congressman. Yet the framers of the Constitution meant for the House of Representatives to be the people’s House...
By Steve Hunley State Legislature To Consider County Primary Election Change The Tennessee General Assembly has begun its new session and legislators are busy dropping bills, organizing committees and getting underway. One of the more interesting proposals is...
Defense propels Lady Admirals past Bearden in postseason tournament By Ken Lay A stifling defense enabled the top seed to advance in the Knox County Middle School Class 3A girls basketball tournament last week. The Farragut Lady Admirals turned up the defensive...
A Sneak Peek at 2023: West schedule looks even tougher By Steve Williams Many high school football fans probably did a double take at West High’s non-region schedule in 2022. You just don’t see many teams intentionally lining up games against Alcoa and Maryville, two...
Old Rule High School to be demolished By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Old Rule High School will be demolished and the funding for that project is on the agenda for the Knox County Commission work session meeting on Tuesday. Named for the noted...
By Steve Hunley Don’t Throw Rocks... While I don’t like or condone lying by politicians, what I hate even more is hypocrisy and there’s been more of that lately than there’s been lying, which is saying something. Every Democrat and Leftist in the country is...
Merit Board selects officers, sets grievance hearing dates By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The newly reformed Knox County Sheriff’s Office Employees’ Merit System Board of Directors met Wednesday evening and chose Christopher Manning as chairman and...
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall, Part VI By Ray Hill Dan Kuykendall’s family had originally followed a very famous Tennessean to Texas; the Kuykendalls left their West Tennessee home to go to Texas with Sam Houston. Dan Kuykendall had returned to...
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