By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com On January 6th Knoxville bus service to West Town Mall will end. Currently the map shows the route entering the shopping center’s parking lot and circling the venue but that is ending in a month. The ending of the...
Orthodoxy
We don’t have a problem with systemic racism in this country, we have a problem with systemic corruption. —Leigh Bravo (head of anti-CRT task force Prince William County, Virginia) By Dr. Jim Ferguson Make no mistake, the Dems will go for broke on woke, because they...
Tony Stansberry announces bid for re-election for General Sessions Judge, Division V
Judge Tony Stansberry announced Friday his re-election campaign for Knox County General Sessions Judge, Division V. “It has been my life’s honor to serve Knox County over the last 26 years as your General Sessions Judge, Division V. Knox County is where I was born and...
Catholic’s Smith earns a run at national honors
By Steve Williams Super talented freshman Keegan Smith of Knoxville Catholic High School is expected to have a lot of big-time races in his budding cross country career and the very first may well be the Eastbay National High School Championships this coming...
The Knoxville Focus for November 29, 2021
From Batboy to Congressman to Published Book Author Congratulations, Jimmy Duncan! By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus is extraordinarily proud to have former congressman Jimmy Duncan as a regular columnist and would like to...
Is Joe Biden a racist?
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Back in 2012 in my now inactive blog (haroldblack.blogspot.com) I asked “Is Joe Biden a racist?” I noted his long history of making racist remarks. Those remarks along with a record in the Senate of opposing busing, opposing...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley A Strange Event Evidently Christine Cruz recently held some kind of event at Cherokee Country Club. Originally billed as a “Let Freedom Ring Fundraiser,” it was to feature Robby Starbuck from Nashville, who is a candidate for Congress. Thing is the...
Tennessee political legends: Kenneth D. McKellar & Cordell Hull, IV
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had simmered for years with resentment due to having been marginalized by the president. Yet Roosevelt depended upon Hull’s reservoir of good will with both the Congress and the American...
Powell rolls past mistake-riddled West, 35-7
Panthers eye first state title Friday By Steve Williams If anything beneficial came from Powell’s surprisingly easy win over West, it was that you can’t take anything for granted. The Panthers stunned the Rebels and onlookers 35-7 in a TSSAA Class 5A semifinal...
Visiting
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. —Ayn Rand. By Dr. Jim Ferguson It...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...