Treadwell and Underwood: Player and Coach of the Year By Steve Williams The numbers alone tell a lot when it comes to Avery Treadwell and Justin Underwood, the Knox County girls’ Player and Coach of the Year. The 6-foot-3 Treadwell averaged 16.7 points, 10.2 rebounds...
The Last Campaign: Overton vs. Orgill By Ray Hill The story of Samuel Watkins Overton is as interesting as it was turbulent. Overton came from one of Tennessee’s most aristocratic families; his great-great-grandfather John Overton was one of the Volunteer State’s...
Lady Devils come back to nab tournament title in hostile territory By Ken Lay Postseason victories are hard to come by and tournament championships are even harder to obtain. Just ask Halls High School girls basketball coach Savannah Harrison. Harrison breathed a sigh...
Karns girls ‘go back to work’ after bowing in district finals By Steve Williams The bright lights of a district championship game and going against tradition-rich Oak Ridge may have contributed to Karns’ shooting woes in its biggest game in years. But first-year head...
WKXV Radio Station Celebrates 70 Years of Southern Gospel Broadcasting By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com WKXV celebrated its 70th anniversary in business this past week with an impromptu party of staff and members from churches within the community. Locally...
By Steve Hunley Better Screeners Needed As Republicans in Knox County prepared to go into convention last week, Credentials Committee member Kevin Hill was busy trying to disqualify legitimate GOP voters. Among those Hill tried to claim weren’t Republican voters was...
By Steve Williams It’s no secret that the key to success in basketball is a team’s shooting accuracy. And that was clearly noticeable Thursday night as Seymour’s girls scorched Carter 70-19 in the opening game of the District 3-3A tournament at Jim Williams Gymnasium...
By Ray Hill Henry Clay Evans had been elected to Congress from Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in 1888 as a Republican. His victory had been a profound shock to local Democrats who promptly gerrymandered his district and castigated the congressman for his...
A for-sure ‘Vol for Life’ By Tom Mattingly Gus Manning, a respected and legendary figure in the University of Tennessee Athletic Department and across the expanse of the campus and state, and wherever Vol fans gather, died Feb. 12 in Knoxville. Across Vol Nation, soft...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler is having trouble recruiting men and women to become correctional officers at the county jail. He recently asked the Knox County Commission for permission to drop the minimum entry age...
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