By Steve Williams Shelby Reynolds kept her priorities straight at Carter High. “The thing I’m most proud of as a student is just remembering that grades come first and always making time to do what I had to with school work,” said the school’s Student-Athlete of the...
By Steve Williams I lost my dad on March 5. I think of him every day. My eyes already are full of tears as I try to write this first paragraph. He died peacefully at the Parkwest Hospital Senior Behavioral Health Center on a Saturday evening about 10:30. Dad had...
Summer Concert Series Kicked Off at New Harvest On June 16, Knox County launched a new summer concert series, Third Thursday Concerts at New Harvest Park, with world-renowned dobro player Phil Leadbetter and Friends (pictured right). The free concerts, held June...
By Ken Lay Knoxville’s newest bike trail was officially opened in a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning. The city, along with Knox County and the Legacy Parks Foundation, celebrated the grand opening of the Devil’s Racetrack Downhill Trail and two other trails on...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com How do you celebrate 150 years of church history? Founded the year following the end of the Civil War the First United Methodist Church of Knoxville has a long and proud history. During the years the congregation has had many...
By Ray Hill Thomas Pryor Gore had been one of two of Oklahoma’s first United States senators. Twice reelected, Senator Gore had been decisively defeated inside his own party when he sought reelection in 1920. Gore’s opposition to the World War and President Woodrow...
By Ken Lay Dwight Tarwater enjoyed a homecoming of sorts when he suited up for H3 Sports in its season opener in the Pilot Rocky Top League opener Wednesday night at Catholic High School. Tarwater, a 2010 Webb School of Knoxville graduate, last played in his hometown...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was Steve Williams’ Father’s Day column that ran in The Knoxville Focus in 2008. Steve’s father, Mr. Bob Williams, passed away March 5 of this year. Steve wanted to rerun this column and plans to write a follow-up column on his dad for our June 27...
By Steve Williams State high school championships can sometimes come down to which team wants it the most and has the most heart. Bearden was that kind of team in boys’ soccer this past season and Spencer Smiley had a large part in making it that way. Smiley...
Sock Hop helps Museum of Education By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Put on your Blue Suede Shoes or your Poodle Skirt and step back into the 50s and 60s next month as the Knox County Museum of Education relives those times. The Museum wants to take you back to the...
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