by design | Oct 3, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay Rick Barnes and the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team are currently preparing for the 2021-22 season. The Volunteers had their first official practice Tuesday. But on Monday, Sept. 27, Holston Hills Country Club hosted the Rick Barnes...
by design | Oct 3, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A couple of weeks before the 2000 election, I got word that George W. Bush had made a schedule change and was coming to South Knoxville Elementary School for a 3 p.m. rally the same day as the Duncan Family Barbecue....
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By Steve Williams Powell didn’t win the Region 3-5A championship Friday night, but it felt like it. The talented Panthers ran off and left Oak Ridge 38-7 at historic Blankenship Field to move a giant step closer to the title. With the victory, Powell is now...
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By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com When ProPublica exposed the tax records of some billionaires showing little or no federal income tax paid, predictably many on the left and in the media howled in indignation. No one claimed that the billionaires were...
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By Steve Williams Hardin Valley Academy has one of the best boys cross country teams in the nation. Coach Bryan Brown’s Hawks, who won the TSSAA state championship last season with a junior dominated squad, was No. 17 in the nation in the preseason DyeStat XC...