By Ken Lay Bearden High School boys soccer coach Ryan Radcliffe finally saw his team produce the results he wanted when it focused and went back to basics. “Credit Gallatin,” Radcliffe said after his Bulldogs notched a 4-1 win over the Green Wave Thursday night in the opening round of the Bearden Invitational at […]
By Steve Williams Youth sports have always meant a lot to Joe Ward and still do. Ward played his first basketball game as an 11-year-old in the Griffin (Ga.) Spalding County Parks and Recreation Department’s youth program in the mid-1970s. He went on to earn Coaches’ All-SEC first-team honors at the University of Georgia under […]
By Ray Hill Few men have been as colorful as John Nance Garner of Texas. Garner spent thirty-eight years in Washington, D. C., and the last eight as vice president under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Yet, Garner shunned the limelight, preferring to make his considerable presence felt in the corridors of power and hidden offices of […]
By Mikes Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville is celebrating 225 years this year and you probably don’t realize that the city and its county have some 111 places on the National Register of Historic Sites. That includes not only historic homes and buildings but also landmarks. You probably know our “main” sites on the national registry but […]
Emily Ann Roberts signs Camille Clark’s autograph at the CTE Goes Live kick off held last Wednesday at Toyota Knoxville. Roberts won last year’s event and went on to place second in the television show The Voice. CTE Goes Live will be held on May 6 at Market Square, giving contestants from fifteen Knox County […]
By Mikes Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Katie’s Kloset Consignment just might be your new favorite place to shop. Open since 2000 in Alcoa, Katie’s Kloset is now open in West Knoxville. The family owned business located in the Cedar Springs Shopping Center is more than a consignment shop. They also buy and trade new and previously owned […]
Sunday morning’s Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon is the biggest in its 12 years – boasting about 8,000 runners in six race events. But to accommodate East Tennessee’s largest competitive road race, motorists should anticipate some temporary no-parking zones and rolling street closures along the 26.2-mile route. Clinch Avenue between Henley and 11th streets will be […]
The 2016 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon race weekend is this Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3, and a record number of more than 8,000 runners are expected to participate in the 12th annual event. The race weekend schedule is as follows: Saturday, April 2 2 p.m. Saturday-2:30 p.m. Sunday – Road Closures: Street and […]
Interested volunteers still have time to sign up for Ijams Nature Center’s 27th annual River Rescue of the Tennessee River this Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community-wide annual event, involving about 1,000 volunteers, covers 30 different cleanup sites on Knoxville’s river and creek tributaries. Volunteers for the Ijams […]
Pearl Harbor is the first three-gallery changeable exhibit that Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies has installed. Pearl Harbor is an interactive and educational exhibit on the history of the date which will live in infamy! See, hear and interact throughout the entire exhibit as you go through the timeline of world events leading […]