Mayor Jacobs opposed to changes in Knox Land Use Plan By Focus Staff “It’s not perfect but it’s a great improvement,” at-large Commissioner Kim Frazier told the Knox County Commission’s work session last week. She was referring to the Comprehensive Land Use and...
Will Iran Ever Be Held Accountable? By Steve Hunley Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, was grilled last week about the school’s response to antisemitism and seemingly only reluctantly admitted calling for the annihilation of the Jewish people was...
Irish top Spartans for first time since 2018 By Ken Lay Streaks are made to be broken. And on Wednesday night, Catholic High School’s boys soccer team snapped a long winless streak against longtime rival Webb School of Knoxville. The Irish also took a major step...
Southern Statesman: Lee S. Overman of North Carolina By Ray Hill Lee Slater Overman was a fixture in North Carolina politics from the turn of the century until his death. White-haired and portly, Overman dressed the part of a Southern statesman and was an adept...
A-E numbers still low, while Carter is loaded By Steve Williams Tennis, anyone? Austin-East High has been trying to rebuild a tennis program the past two years, and it still has a long way to go. Going into this season, Co-Coaches Tomere Clark and Skikila...
From Colvert Street to the TIAAA Hall of Fame Coach Quinn in 35th year with KCS By Steve Williams It’s no wonder Marion Quinn grew up to be an athlete in multiple sports, a coach, an athletic director and a Knox County School System athletic director. His training...
TSSAA honors McCarter, Wright McCarter earned his stripes and now helps train others By Steve Williams Jerry McCarter, who was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame last week in Murfreesboro, began his career in sports officiating in 1968. He spent the first 32 years...
Karns Fire Department explains rising costs By Joe Rector Businesses and homeowners in the Karns Fire Department coverage area were surprised this year by the increase in the cost of a yearly subscription. An approximate 14% increase was added, and subscribers wanted...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kennedy Grills Mayorkas Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana last week faced Home Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Kennedy said to Mayorkas’ face what most everybody has known; that the Biden administration has left the border...
Veterans Park will overlook Volunteer Cemetery By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Legacy Parks is moving ahead with a park to remember East Tennessee military veterans on a bluff overlooking the East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. The East...
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