City to pass letter to state for abortion rights By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com It’s state law now that anyone, including women and their doctors, can be prosecuted for abortions for any reason. That law, which went into effect last month following...
Grace Christian downs TKA 28-8 for first win By Steve Williams The defense led the charge and others joined in as Grace Christian Academy notched its first win of the season by turning back The King’s Academy 28-8 in a non-region football game Friday night. Coming off...
Biden is the Fascist By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I never have liked Joe Biden. I wrote in my old blog (haroldblack.blogspot.com) on August 12, 2012, that Biden was a racist and had he been a Republican that he would have been forced...
Knox County leaders, judges sworn in By Ken Lay Knox County welcomed its new leaders and judges at a pair of swearing-in ceremonies last week. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs was sworn in for his second term at the Tennessee Theater Thursday morning. After being sworn...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kincannon... the Tax and Spend Mayor At the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive downtown is the Cradle of Country Music Park, which is a peaceful half-acre plot of land with five trees that have been here for...
Vikings finally taste victory again, 44-36 By Steve Williams Tennessee School for the Deaf hadn’t won a football game since the coronavirus pandemic hit the Knoxville area in March of 2020. But after trailing South Carolina School for the Deaf most of the way last...
The Fall of Congressman Clifford Davis, V By Ray Hill Cliff Davis was sixty-six years old as he faced voters in the Democratic primary in August of 1964. For forty years, Cliff Davis had been a political favorite of the people of Shelby County, but his popularity was...
FBA boys golf team is coming on strong By Steve Williams First Baptist Academy is in the midst of its best boys golf season ever. A little over a month into the season, the Eagles have had some head-turning performances despite being a young team with only two...
Shouse given retirement send-off By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Dozens of well-wishers and past and present city and county officials assembled in the small assembly room of the City-County Building last Monday to honor Ed Shouse. Shouse, who is...
Senator Hagerty Hosts Coffee By Focus Staff Bill Hagerty, Tennessee’s junior United States senator, has been traveling the state during the recent congressional recess. Hagerty is listening and talking about economics with Tennesseans of all walks of life as he moves...
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