By Steve Williams Powell High’s baseball team looked to be in good shape last week when relief ace Logen Sutton struck out the side in the top of the sixth inning and the Panthers were leading Farragut by one run in the Region 2-AAA championship game. The...
The Knoxville Focus for May 17, 2021
Sheriff Tom Spangler begins campaign for re-election By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com “How do you put things in words when you have a crowd here saying they believe in what you’re doing?” Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler asked Thursday afternoon...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them Let’s look at Chicago—the last Republican mayor of the “Windy City” was William Hale Thompson who left office in 1931. So, for the last 89 years, Chicago has been governed by Democrats. Now an animal shelter is...
Nixon’s connections to Knoxville
By John J. Duncan Jr. Last week’s column about Richard Nixon brought back the memory of an interesting Knoxville connection Nixon had. Erma Greenwood attended Duke University Law School with him in the late 1930s. Ms. Greenwood was for many years the only woman...
Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity’: Mr. Jim Cummings
“Live so that when you die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” Sign that hung in the business office of Jim Cummings. By Ray Hill James H. Cummings is likely a name unfamiliar with most readers, but during his time he was a power and a man to be reckoned...
Go outside and celebrate
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? Satchel Paige By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s finally over. For an adult, birthdays are not usually treated with fanfare. I guess this is because we’ve had so many. However, turning seventy was an exception for me....
Personal Side of Dwight Kessel
Part 12, Final in series on Wallace Dwight Kessel By Ralphine Major He has led a full and varied life. Knox County’s first County Executive was very active in his church. A member of First Baptist Church Knoxville, Dwight Kessel was elected deacon in 1978, served...
Larsen Jay Kicks Off Re-election Campaign
By Focus Staff Larsen Jay, chairman of the Knox County Commission, kicked off his re-election campaign to serve once again as commissioner-at-large. Knox County has two commission seats elected countywide, while the other members are elected by district. Jay hosted...
New Webb coach has a star pupil in the making
Bronze Medal winner is coaching jumpers By Steve Williams The newest member of Webb School’s track and field coaching staff has a world class background as an athlete. Jerome Romain earned the Bronze Medal in the triple jump event at the World Championships in...
Warriors have been up early; Beavers are more eager
EMMA HENDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY / Twitter: @emma_b_hend13 Carter quarterback Presean Brown, an upcoming junior, takes a snap at one of the Hornets’ spring practices. Carter, under the direction of second-year head coach Justin Pressley, capped its spring drills with a...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...