by design | Mar 21, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Norwood residents oppose large Merchant Dr. development By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com For years developers have been trying to build homes and businesses along Merchant Drive in west Norwood. The residential community was saddened and frustrated...
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Nonprofit promotes business, gives back By Bill Howard Late in 2019, Charlie Pratt and Blake Foote, financial advisers for Modern Woodmen of America, came up with an idea: why not start a nonprofit that would not only promote business activity in Fountain City, but...
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By Steve Williams Bearden High’s boys basketball team set a goal this season to set a school record for fewest points allowed by its opponents. Head Coach Jeremy Parrott also considered his Bulldogs the defending state champions after his 2019 team won the school’s...
by Ray Hill | Mar 21, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, thirty years old and a veteran of the First World War, had defeated Congressman Sam R. Sells for the right to carry the Republican Party banner in the general election of 1920. Sells had not taken his defeat lightly and had tried to...
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By Ken Lay When the Central High School boys soccer team opens its season today at Seymour, it will mark the first time that the Bobcats have been on the pitch for a match since March 12, 2020. Central coach Chris Quinn remembers that day vividly. The afternoon began...
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By Steve Williams Opening Day 2021 was a runaway for perennial softball power Gibbs High. The Lady Eagles rolled past visiting Pigeon Forge 35-0 in a District 3-AA game that was mercifully stopped after 2½ innings of play. As for the bright spots, Carol Mitchell,...