A Day Away By Mike Steely The little town of Tazewell is one of my favorite places and if you only drive along Highway 25E through Claiborne County, you’ll miss the historic town center. Tazewell is just south of Cumberland Gap and has existed since 1804. Tazewell,...
Knoxville multi-purpose stadium breaks ground, begins full construction phase Construction is officially underway following a groundbreaking ceremony for the $114 million multi-purpose stadium that will bring baseball back to East Knoxville after 25 years. Community...
By Steve Hunley Give Some Credit Where Credit Is Due The Knox County Democratic Party has latched onto the Juneteenth holiday by turning it into a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King. I wonder if the Democrats have taken pains to invite those responsible for making...
Morrison and Roderiques are Farragut honorees By Steve Williams Two talented sophomores – Elsa Morrison and Ty Roderiques – have been chosen Student-Athletes of the Year at Farragut High. The 5-foot-11 Morrison was the District 4-3A Sophomore of the Year and first...
When the Mountain State had Three Senators “History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.” Historian Henry Glassie. By Ray Hill Sorting through history is rather like finding an...
Historic Gibbs Drive By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus features important neighborhoods in the county every month and Monty Howard, co-chairman of the Gibbs Drive Neighborhood Association, had the following to share about the...
Emmett Machinists knock off Quicksteps in Vintage Base Ball By Steve Williams I had heard about vintage “base ball” being played at the Historic Ramsey House, but I had never been to a game. So Saturday afternoon (June 10) I finally got out there to check it out. I’m...
Knox County School Board approves ‘released time course’ By Bill Howard Thinking about the classes kids take in school probably brings to mind, among other things, English, Math, Science and History. There’s another class some kids take in some districts called a...
By Steve Hunley Leftist Hypocrisy Out Of Control The Left in this country never let a crisis go to waste. Like Rumpelstiltskin, they try and spin a crisis into gold, albeit political gold. The wildfires in Canada have leftists wringing their collective hands it’s...
Emerald Youth’s Cesar Correa is passionate about serving South Knoxville youth Everyone has a place they call home. For Cesar Correa, Emerald Youth’s Director of Area Ministries - South Area, that place is South Knoxville. Originally from Brazil, Correa moved with his...
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