Central football team receives title rings, surprise visit at ceremony By Ken Lay The 2019 Central High School football team got its Class 5A State Championship rings Thursday at Dan Y. Boring Stadium. The rings were the jewels that culminated a second consecutive...
By Steve Hunley Translating Socialist The Knoxville News-Sentinel has apparently transformed itself into the Antifa Daily. Well late last week, the Antifa Daily published an opinion column by the City Council Movement. I doubt it was written by a committee, but...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Suggestions and comments flooded an internet meeting Tuesday hosted by Knoxville Renaissance and promoted as a Black Community Town Hall. Hosted by WATE’s Tearsa Smith, the Facebook Live discussion also included...
By Ray Hill Frank Clement was the first incumbent governor in Tennessee to bid for the United States Senate since Tom C. Rye in 1918. The unexpected death of Senator Estes Kefauver on August 10, 1963 necessitated a special election in 1964. For the second time in...
By Steve Williams Congratulations to the Student-Athletes of the Year at our local high schools! A combined total of 44 females and males from 22 TSSAA-member schools in The Knoxville Focus’ coverage area were bestowed the distinction of “Shining the Brightest...
By Steve Williams A friend of mine, the late Aaron Keen, was founder of Rocky Top Views, a UT sports publication, in the early 1990s and needed a delivery person for the East Tennessee area. I took that part-time job to supplement my teacher aide position in ISS at...
Giving back to KAT employees By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “They are our front line people we don’t think about. They provide an essential service,” said Cameron Brooks of Realty Executives Associates and the Knox County Election Commission. He...
By Steve Hunley George Floyd I want to be very clear about my own feelings about what happened to George Floyd. It was horrifying and ghastly. To witness a man pleading for his life and the callous disregard of the officer was positively sickening. I am glad the...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When The Knoxville Focus began asking what’s been done and what’s needed to renovate the Burlington Community, comments came from various elected officials, candidates and the general public. Here are a few of the...
By Ray Hill Following the unexpected death of Senator Estes Kefauver, jockeying to run in the 1964 special election to serve the remaining term years of Kefauver’s term came down to Congressman Ross Bass of Pulaski and Governor Frank Clement. There seemed to be some...
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