by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Oster questioning crossover votes By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com There’s a tradition in East Tennessee of members of one party crossing over party lines to vote for a candidate or candidates in the other party. It happens often and many elected...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley It Doesn’t Work? Really? Mike McMillan. East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, wrote a letter to school administrators perhaps two months ago suggesting the school folks ought to look into technology available for sanitizing...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Democrat Courtney Durrett surprised a lot of people recently by being elected to the Knox County Commission. She and her Republican opponent, Grant Rosenberg, ran honorable campaigns for Michele Carringer’s District 2...
by Ray Hill | Aug 23, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Roadrunners dig early hole with miscues on rainy night By Bill Howard Webb School of Knoxville and Austin-East Magnet School squared off last year on opening night of the football season at Webb, and the Spartans ground out a 3-0 win. Friday night at Sam Anderson...
by design | Aug 23, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams For months there was uncertainty on whether there would be a high school football season in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is at least off to a start and Gibbs and Halls received the distinction of being the first two teams in...