PHOTO BY STEVE WILLIAMS Austin-East Head Coach Denard Bertram (far left) talks to his basketball team after practice Friday at the Clifford H. Ross Gymnasium. Bertram, in his second season at A-E, has guided the Roadrunners to their first state tournament berth since...
Eight new voting places for Tuesday’s primary By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “Lines are going to be long,” warned Election Coordinator Chris Davis last week. Davis noted that there are 10 contested races in Knox County and that all the voting...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Buuck’s Opponent Running On Federal, Not Local, Issues David Buuck’s Republican opponent’s running for Knox County Law Director did motivate him to get a local telephone number and quite probably a local license plate. For quite...
Honoring Bob Booker By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The recent death of Knoxville’s Robert J. “Bob” Booker surprised many who thought the community leader would live forever. During his long life, Booker was a Civil Rights leader, a founder and...
The Strong Man of North Carolina F.M. Simmons By Ray Hill It would surprise me greatly if one reader out of a thousand knew the name of Furnifold McLendel Simmons. Long ago consigned to the pages of history, there was a time when F. M. Simmons was the most potent...
ALL-KNOX COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM A-E’s Mr. Excitement is Player of the Year Webb’s Norris is Coach of the Year By Steve Williams You can be sure that many fans have their eyes on Shane Cherry when he takes the basketball court. The Austin-East High School junior...
Mains and Lady Irish wrap up second state title By Steve Williams The Sydney Mains Era is over at Knoxville Catholic. She didn’t go out in a blaze of glory, but back-to-back Division II-AA state championships will provide a lot of good memories in the years to come....
Senator Blackburn to speak at Knox GOP Lincoln Day Dinner By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com William “Buddy” Burkhardt, the chairman of the Knox County Republican Party, has announced the annual Lincoln Day Dinner is scheduled for Friday, March 8 at Rothchild’s...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Law Director’s Race: Experience vs. Inexperience What does a candidate say when he has no record of success of any kind? For one thing, he doesn’t discuss any real issue, especially when he doesn’t grasp the duties of the office...
ALL-KNOX COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM Mains is Player of the Year despite injuries Hernandez tabbed Coach of the Year By Steve Williams Sydney Mains has had multiple injuries in her high school basketball career at Knoxville Catholic but still managed to become one of...
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