City council approves building restoration, renews zoo lease By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The old building at 825 North Central Street is getting some restoration funds from the City of Knoxville. District 5 Councilman Charles Thomas welcomed a...
By Steve Hunley The protracted delay in counting the ballots in California is a prime example of just how poorly governed the once golden state has become. It has been ages since the voter rolls were purged, and ballots are mailed to everyone - an innovation of...
By Ken Lay State Representative Dave Wright made an appearance at the Halls Republican Club Tuesday night at the Halls Boys and Girls Club. He recapped the recently completed legislative session and took a few questions from the audience. He also discussed the...
By Ray Hill Arthur Harry Moore is not a name familiar outside of New Jersey, but in his time, Harry Moore was one of the best vote-getters in the Garden State’s history. Three times Moore was elected to nonconsecutive terms as governor of New Jersey and was also...
By Steve Williams “Emma Rainey excelled in three sports at Bearden High School during the 2025-2026 school year,” said Bearden Athletic Director Morgan Shinlever. “Additionally, she was a dual sport athlete in soccer and basketball as a freshman, sophomore, and...
By Steve Williams Halls’ Colby Comparato and Bella Wires sparkled on the diamond this past season. So good that they were selected for Halls High School’s male and female Student-Athletes of the Year. Colby, a senior, had a .429 batting average, a .512 on-base...
Screen time, age-appropriate books focus of BOE meeting By Pete Gawda Limiting student use of computers and age-appropriate books were hot topics at the Thursday, June 4, meeting of the Knox County Board of Education, attracting a lot of attention from board members...
By Steve Hunley Brent Gibson Won The Primary, It’s Time To Move On To The General Election The complaint of Michael Davis, one of four candidates in the recent GOP primary for Knox County Sheriff, will be heard this Wednesday by the Tennessee Republican Party ...
By Ken Lay Knox County held its annual tax sale early last week. The final numbers weren’t in by press time, but Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs couldn’t have been happier. “The thing that’s the most exciting to me is that we’ve got these properties back on the tax...
By Ray Hill Charles Edison was the son of one of America’s foremost innovators and entrepreneurs, Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas A. Edison is perhaps the best remembered inventor in American history. Yet when Charles Edison died, the Paterson Morning Call...
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