County unveils replacement statue at Tank Strickland Park By Ken Lay The sultry conditions couldn’t temper the joy Wednesday afternoon as Knox County Parks and Recreation unveiled the replacement of the statue that had been stolen from an East Knoxville...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Good Job, Senator Blackburn Senator Marsha Blackburn and Congressman David Kustoff are sponsoring a bill that, if passed, will require 15-year mandatory sentences on those individuals who have three or more serious felonies and...
District 1 candidates answer Focus questions By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com First District Knoxville City Councilman and Vice Mayor Tommy Smith is not seeking a second term this year, and four South Knoxville residents are on the nonpartisan...
Michigan’s Governor G. Mennen Williams By Ray Hill Gerhard Mennen Williams’ name is a reminder of his good luck in having been born into a family fortune. His grandfather, Gerhard Mennen, a German immigrant, started a business selling talcum powder, which at the time...
Annual KFOA Media Day event ‘kicks off’ the season By Steve Williams Thirty-nine high school football teams, including 19 from The Knoxville Focus’ coverage area, attended the 18th annual KFOA Media Day Friday. The event was held at the Three Ridges Golf Course...
'It was tied when we started' By Tom Mattingly The tie game is no longer with us, despite some memorable occurrences in games involving the University of Tenn-essee. You might not know that it’s been nearly 30 years since tie games on the gridiron went out of fashion....
Greenways and streets to get some city attention By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening, and improvements to greenways, streetscapes and city streets will get some discussion. Among those items is a $2.5...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Of Knoxville Scores Very Low On Beacon Center’s City Freedom Index Study The Beacon Center has released its latest City Freedom Index for Tennessee, which is very interesting. The City Freedom Index quantifies how local...
Famous Grainger Co. Tomato Festival coming soon By Mike Steely If you’ve never attended the Grainger County Tomato Festival, you’ve missed one of the region’s largest free events. It’s coming on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, and it’s our neighboring county’s...
Augustus O. Stanley of Kentucky By Ray Hill Every state conjures politicians who are highly controversial and two of Kentucky’s most polarizing political figures were Augustus Owsley Stanley and his rival, John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham. Both men were Democrats and...
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