By Mike Steely In recent weeks members of the local state legislature have been meeting with various groups including the Knox County Commission and the Knoxville City Council. When Knox County’s two state senators, Dr. Richard Briggs and Becky Duncan-Massey, sat...
Father of the Tennessee Valley Authority By Ray Hill George W. Norris, although a Nebraskan, has a relevance and importance to our community many may fail to realize. Norris Dam and the community of Norris are named for George William Norris. One might think it odd...
By Ken Lay The Fountain City Business and Professionals Association had its first monthly lunch meeting Wednesday, and in carrying on its January tradition, taxes were discussed as Knoxville residents and other Americans prepare to settle their tabs with the...
By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Academy’s boys and South-Doyle’s girls captured team championships in convincing fashion in the first-ever District 4 bowling tournament Wednesday at Family Bowl. The Hawks toppled Bearden 21-6 in the finals, while the Lady...
Scholars’ Bowl begins tonight on PBS By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com What happens when you have top students from area high schools competing to see who knows the most Literature, Science, Art, Math, Geography, Government, Music, Sports and History trivia? See...
By Steve Hunley The basic sense of fair play has to be chaffing a great many Americans, as it is more and more obvious the mainstream media is simply not going to give President Donald Trump anything even resembling fair treatment. Former President Jimmy...
By Ray Hill Willa Blake Eslick was the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from the State of Tennessee. Mrs. Eslick served only an abbreviated term in the U. S. House of Representatives and was elected following the death of her husband, Congressman...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Last week’s below freezing weather played havoc with the homeless in Knoxville and strained the resources of the Knoxville Area Rescue Mission. The Broadway KARM center reported that about 360 people sought overnight shelter...
By Steve Williams High school football signings are a festive occasion, filled with cheers and tears plus memories and expectations. Ollie Lane’s signing with the University of Tennessee was that kind of day in December. Family and friends were there for the...
By Steve Williams Bearden High’s boys basketball team is 19-1 overall and 7-0 in District 4-AAA yet has played only two games on its home court all season. What’s also really scary good about the Bulldogs is the fact they have only one senior on their 12-man...
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