By Alex Norman On Sunday the New England Patriots will play the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII (that’s Super Bowl 52 for you non-Romans out there). You may or may not know much about the NFL, but you don’t want to be the guy that says “Hey is that Tom Brady?” at the Super […]
By Steve Williams It’s been over 40 years, but longtime Austin-East fans haven’t forgotten the glory years of Roadrunner basketball. The school gave Knox County its first state championship in the TSSAA’s classification era when Elston Turner led A-E to the Class AAA title in 1977. A brick monument honoring that squad still stands in […]
On Thursday, Jan. 25, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) announced Knoxville as the 2018 1st place medium-sized city winner in the Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant program, sponsored by the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America. The $120,000 grant will allow Knoxville Parks and Recreation to expand the City’s “Neighborhoods to Nature” program, which […]
Chief Rausch discusses community outreach By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Police Advisory and Review Committee met in its quarterly public session Thursday evening at the Knox County Education Association on Magnolia Avenue and Police Chief David Rausch responded to several questions from the committee and the public including questions about wrecker services, police […]
By Steve Hunley The willingness of the Democrats in the U. S. Senate to shutdown the government in an effort to force Republicans to grant amnesty to DACA recipients should come as no surprise to any thinking person. The DACA law, enacted not by the Congress, but rather by a sweep of President Barack […]
By Ray Hill I’ve written about Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri previously, but I think he is such an interesting character, he deserves a closer look. Bennett Clark’s life has all the fundamentals of a good story; love, success, turmoil and tragedy. Clark was born to fortuitous circumstances and was highly intelligent and quite […]
By Steve Williams Michael Hines joined the Bearden High bowling team this past fall after the season had begun, but there was a reason why. Hines was living in Cleveland, Tenn., and going to Cleveland High School when his mother died Sept. 22. His older brothers became his guardians and he moved in with Jacob, […]
By Ken Lay Lonsdale Elementary School honored one of its own Wednesday afternoon as it celebrated the life and legacy of Zaevion Dobson at the second annual Zae Day. Dobson, a 15-year-old Fulton High School football player, was killed on Dec. 17, 2015 when he valiantly shielded two friends from random gunfire. He was posthumously […]
A Knoxville leader passed away this month. She influenced many people in her very active life and is recognized as the successful push to re-establish the name “Lady Vols” to all University of Tennessee Women’s Sports. The Knoxville native was a former school teacher, Tupperware Manager, and Christian Church member, Edith Williams is survived […]
Tennessee Department of Human Services will open the application period for organizations to provide meals to children. The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will open the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on Thursday, February 1, 2018. The goal of SFSP is to […]