Bearden Lady Bulldogs go back-to-back By Mark Nagi The Bearden Lady Bulldogs have played all season long with massive expectations, after an unbeaten 2021 campaign that ended with a state championship. Being ranked number one nationally for most of the season by...
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall By Ray Hill There are a handful of folks who deserve the lion’s share of the credit for creating a true two-party system in Tennessee. From 1900-1970, Tennesseans only elected three Republican governors. Howard...
Farragut fights off sickness and wins state title By Steve Williams Farragut’s cross country team wasn’t in the best of health at the TSSAA State Championships Friday, but the Admirals took care of business. Like true state champions. “This was the first state title...
Farragut Middle School culminates perfect season with JV championship By Ken Lay Farragut Middle School’s junior varsity football team found itself in an unfamiliar place early in the Middle-Aged Conference Championship Game Thursday night. The Admirals fell behind...
Knoxville resident owns tiny home in Lonsdale Community By Ken Lay Connor Georgopoulous has realized a lifelong dream. He shared that dream with the city on Tuesday. He now owns his own home, a 250-square-foot house on Ohio Avenue in the Lonsdale Community. He’s...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Will Bicycles and Electric Cars Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? Remember Debbie Helsley’s campaign for mayor of Knox County and her “bold” climate change plan? Helsley never uttered a word about the effect of inflation or rising...
Author and forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass speaks to area seniors By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Forensic anthropologist and author Dr. William Bass spoke at the John O’Connor Senior Center Thursday, hosted by the Senior for Creative Learning committee....
John L. Lewis By Ray Hill Perhaps the most famous union leader in American history today is the late Jimmy Hoffa and that is most likely due to the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. For decades, the most prominent labor leader in the United States was John...
Ground broken for Flatrock Motorsports Park By Bill Howard By next spring, the motorsports footprint in Tennessee is scheduled to expand exponentially. If all goes according to plan, phase one of Flatrock Motorsports Park, which will be located on some 773 acres in...
Rebels polish off a perfect regular season By Steve Williams A special team completed a special regular season as West defeated Central 44-3 Friday night on the road at Dan Y. Boring Stadium and Joel Helton Field. And the Rebels may be just getting started. “I’m very...
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