Emerald Youth’s Cesar Correa is passionate about serving South Knoxville youth Everyone has a place they call home. For Cesar Correa, Emerald Youth’s Director of Area Ministries - South Area, that place is South Knoxville. Originally from Brazil, Correa moved with his...

By Ken Lay When Buzz McNish took the reins of the Fulton High School baseball program, he knew he had a major rebuilding job on his hands. In addition, he had to change the culture and purge the program. “We ran some people off,” said McNish, who previously coached at...

Athletes like Marcellus don’t come around often   By Steve Williams Not only is Marcellus Jackson the male Student-Athlete of the Year at Fulton High for 2022-23, he’s arguably talented enough to hold that title in Tennessee. The 5-8, 150-pound senior stood out...

Mynatt Funeral Home Cuts Ribbon on Third Facility in Powell By Bill Howard The first Mynatt Funeral Home opened in 1929 in Fountain City. It would be 76 years before the family-owned business opened a second one in 2005, in Halls. It took only 18 years before the...

South Knox officials combine efforts By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A few years ago construction on Chapman Highway slowed South Knoxville to a crawl. Skeptics thought the increased difficulty of access to the commerce and housing across the...

Losing stings, but Lady Admirals ‘competed’ By Steve Williams Farragut’s softball team had won back-to-back Class 4A state titles, so it wasn’t surprising when Coach Nick Green said the Lady Admirals were “sad” after being eliminated from this year’s tournament. Green...