Multiple state crowns earned along the way By Steve Williams Despite Grace Christian Academy winning only one of nine games in 2021, there’s no question Justin Long was ready for his first season as a high school head coach. His background was top-notch, having been...
By Ray Hill Congressman Clifford Davis of Memphis had quite nearly been upset in the 1962 election by, of all things, a Republican. Davis had easily won the Democratic primary that same year, beating two opponents for the Democratic nomination. Yet there had...
By Mike Steely Townsend promotes itself as the “Peaceful Side of the Smokies” and compared to Gatlin-burg, Pigeon Forge or Sevierville it truly is. There’s fewer attractions but, thank goodness, lighter traffic. My wife and I took a Sunday drive recently to revisit...
By Ken Lay The 2022 high school football season unofficially kicked off late last week as several area teams were in action in a pair of area jamborees Thursday and Friday. Three local squads were in action Thursday night at the 5Star Preps Jamboree in Jefferson City...
Republicans Victorious Republicans celebrate Aug. 4 election results at Crowne Plaza downtown By Bill Howard If you’re a Knox County Republican, the place to be last Thursday night was the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville. A wide range of Republican candidates...
By Steve Hunley City mayor raises taxes, cuts services After having given police officers a well-deserved raise and asking the city council to inflict the largest property tax increase in Knoxville’s history, the first thing Mayor Indya Kincannon has done is...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Back in January the Knoxville City Council met and voted to expand the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial display in World’s Fair Park. Last Tuesday morning the Vietnam Veterans of America unveiled a marble monument...
By Ray Hill Congressman Clifford Davis was the last vestige of the old Crump machine still holding federal office in 1963. Davis had been in Congress since 1940 when he had won a special election to succeed Walter Chandler who had become mayor of Memphis. Davis was...
By Ken Lay The Knox County Board of Education’s regular session meeting lasted less than an hour late Wednesday afternoon at the Summer Place as all items on the agenda passed with little or no discussion. Following the 55-minute meeting, board members and those in...
By Steve Williams Mike Mullins’ retirement was a short one. The personable and hard-working Mullins is back at it as Hardin Valley Academy’s new athletic director. He had been the AD at Oak Ridge High School for 15 years until announcing his retirement on Dec. 3....
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