by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Advance Knox growth plan passes committee By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Almost 80,000 new Knox County residents are expected over the next 20 years. The need for new housing, the development of farmland for housing, and how and where those changes...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Idiotnomics We’ve all heard about the wizardry of “Bidenomics” and the dunderheads in Washington are all wondering why folks aren’t dancing in the streets for joy. Apparently, the dunderheads all employ illegal aliens to do their...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Catching Up With Vice Mayor Tommy Smith By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com First District Councilman Tommy Smith was selected by his fellow council members in the reorganization meeting recently to become the new vice mayor. After being appointed to...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John Sparkman of Alabama By Ray Hill For forty-two years, John Sparkman served the people of Alabama in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. An enthusiastic advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Sparkman was considered a...
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Murphey has sights set on fourth state crown By Steve Williams Ella Murphey is on the homestretch of reaching a four-year goal she set as a freshman wrestler at Hardin Valley Academy in 2020-21. That goal was to match what Kenya Sloan had accomplished in girls...