by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives
By Focus Staff Redistricting gave birth to the new 89th District and the best known candidate to fill the seat was former Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison. Several other candidates entered the primary and yet another prospective candidate tried in vain to get on the...
by Ray Hill | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Kenneth McKellar was Tennessee’s senior United States Senator and had been reelected easily in 1934 for another six-year term. McKellar had carried with him his junior colleague Nathan L. Bachman and Governor Hill McAlister. The alliance between McKellar...
by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives
By Curtis Trotter When South Doyle High School football coach Clark Duncan needs to get some questions answered about his football team, he just loads up the squad on a bus and heads west on I-40. For two consecutive years, Duncan has placed his tribe of Cherokees on...
by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Mahurint@knoxfocus.com In what is being heralded as perhaps the biggest upset during last Thursday’s primary, Sevierville Alderman and auctioneer, Dale Carr defeated longtime incumbent Richard Montgomery for the Republican House seat in District 12....
by design | Aug 5, 2012 | Archives
By Steve Williams The Karns All-Stars brought home bronze medals last week from the Tournament of State champions. Representing Tennessee at Ceredo-Kenova, West Virginia in Little League baseball’s 9 and 10-year-old division, Karns also won a lot of admiration from...
by design | Jul 29, 2012 | Archived Editions, Archives
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by design | Jul 29, 2012 | Archives, FOCUS Weekly Poll
By Focus Staff Knox County voters elected Mayor Tim Burchett with 85% of the vote and looking at the results from this week’s Focus poll, the Mayor remains highly popular. Mayor Burchett was opposed to the tax increase demanded by School Superintendent James McIntyre...
by design | Jul 29, 2012 | Archives
The Gibbs High School softball team was recently honored by the Knox County Commission for winning their first state title since 2000. The Lady Eagles had a 2-0 win over Goodpasture in the TSSAA Class AA finals. Pictured with Commissioner Dave Wright, members of the...
by Ray Hill | Jul 29, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Kenneth McKellar was sixty-five years old in 1934 as he sought reelection to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Congressman Gordon Browning had thought to challenge McKellar, but decided against it when he could get not a single pledge of...
by design | Jul 29, 2012 | Archives
By Tasha Mahurin Mahurint@knoxfocus.com 10 Years, a nationally known band with local roots, will return to Knoxville for a performance at South Knoxville’s Disc Exchange. The band will celebrate the release of their 4th album entitled “Minus the Machine.” The album...
