Webb’s Walls: a scorer, defender and leader By Steve Williams Versatile may be the best word to describe Lukas Walls as a basketball player. The 6-4 Webb School shooting guard is The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ Knox County boys’ Player of the Year. Walls received the...
By Ray Hill It is truly rare for a politician to be a fixture of the politics of his or her community, state or nation. It does happen, but those political figures whose influence and or service span generations are rare. Ken Hechler was one of those scarce...
Seymour’s third quarter shutout leads to region title By Steve Williams The Halls vs. Seymour Region 2-3A girls title game was rocking along nip and tuck like most fans expected last week. Then the third quarter happened. Halls was shut out and the host Lady Eagles...
Karns hangs on in wild OT win over Oak Ridge in Region 2-4A semi, 78-72 By Bill Howard It was a game that seemed to have as many lead and momentum changes as points scored. In the end, Karns High School’s boys’ basketball team held on for a wild, 78-72 overtime...
Jacquie Litton Brokers Sale of Midway IGA New Owners Receive Warm Welcome from Community By Ralphine Major It looked the same. It even felt the same when I walked inside even though I knew behind the scenes, something had changed. I was at the Midway IGA grocery...
By Steve Hunley Pirates Walk the Plank The little band of political pirates who boarded the GOP Ship of State two years ago walked the plank earlier this month. Erik Wiatr and his merry band sought to perpetuate their hold on the throat of the local Republican...
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...
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