By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville’s largest and most popular park’s 2020 Master Plan was approved by the city council Tuesday with some requests and suggestions from nearby landowners. Lakeshore Park, the former site of the East...
Congressman Pat Sutton of Tennessee Part Two
By Ray Hill Pat Sutton, congressman from Tennessee’s Seventh District, had been renominated over a strong opponent in the 1950 election and reelected that fall. Clearly ambitious, Sutton, like several other Tennessee politicians, was carefully watching Tennessee’s...
CAK (9-0) gets first ‘title’ with 48-21 win over GCA
By Steve Williams The first of many possible titles this football season came CAK’s way Friday night. How does “Knox County’s only undefeated team” sound? Coupled with West’s first loss to Knoxville Catholic, Christian Academy of Knoxville earned that distinction with...
Farragut Middle repeats as MAC JV Champion
By Ken Lay The Middle-school Aged Conference has been sanctioning football for two years and the league already has a repeat champion. The Farragut Middle School junior varsity football team became the first squad to win back-to-back titles Thursday night. The...
Catholic and TKA were tough foes for state champs
By Steve Williams Knoxville Catholic and The King’s Academy followed somewhat similar paths in last week’s TSSAA state volleyball tournament at Murfreesboro. Both finished in third place and gave the eventual state champions their toughest competition. In its...
The Knoxville Focus for October 19, 2020
Senate candidate Bill Hagerty addresses Republicans at Lincoln Day Dinner By Ken Lay United States Senate candidate Bill Hagerty is on the campaign trail as the 2020 election cycle enters its home stretch. The former ambassador to Japan was in Knoxville early last...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Jacobs Chief of Staff Investigated Bryan Hair, Chief of Staff to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, is under investigation, along with Paul White, Director of the county’s Parks & Recreation Department. That is according to a press release issued...
Troy Jones challenges Sam McKenzie for Staples House seat
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You might think that former Commissioner Sam McKenzie, husband of Knoxville Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie, has a walk in the park for election to replace Rick Staples as the District 15 Tennessee Representative. But...
Congressman Pat Sutton of Tennessee
By Ray Hill Genuine war hero, sheriff, accused counterfeiter, convict and U. S. congressman from Tennessee, Pat Sutton was, if anything, a colorful character. It may be difficult for some readers to imagine today, but the entire country had been unified in winning...
CAK tradition upheld at Hank’s pond
By Steve Williams After leading Christian Academy of Knoxville to its fourth straight Division II-A boys’ state golf title and seventh overall last week, Kaleb Wilson and Jackson Hughey had something else to do. They wanted to continue a longtime tradition of their...
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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...