By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com There is an old saying that all politics is local. That certainly was corroborated in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Despite the Biden Administration being a total disaster and supposedly unpopular in Virginia, the...
By Steve Hunley Merit Council has become Political Council Anybody who reads The Knoxville Focus regularly already knows the Sheriff’s Merit System Council has become a tar pit of politics. It may well be beyond reform and the truth is for years it has been dominated...
By Ray Hill Tennessee has been quite fortunate to produce any number of political figures of national importance, as well as those who have wielded enormous influence in Congress. Aside from Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk (a political protégé of Jackson’s), and Andrew...
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com With the City Council races over, the county campaigns have begun. Devin Driscoll, candidate for County Commissioner-At-Large, Seat 11, in the Republican primary, has come up with the perhaps most inventive opener...
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The last time my father ran for mayor in Knoxville, 1963, he received 803 votes in the largest Black precinct, Mountain View, to totals of 55 and 47 for his two very popular opponents. He was running against Bill...
By Steve Williams Powell’s defense set the tone early. On the very first offensive play of the TSSAA Class 5A quarterfinal game at Scarbro Stadium on a cold Friday night, Rhea County’s red hot Wing-T offense was stopped for no gain as running back Ethan Davis...
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson By Dr. Jim Ferguson Every year the holiday schedule sneaks up on me. I’m referring to the deadline for my holiday column. My...
By Bill Howard West High School’s football team once again made it look too easy, this time at home against Central in the quarterfinal round of the Region 2-5A state playoffs. The 63-26 win was the Rebels’ second this season over the Bobcats. The regional...
By Steve Williams Karns junior running back De’Sean Bishop, who led the Beavers to their first TSSAA playoff win in school history this season and put his name in the state record book along the way, has been selected the The Knoxville Focus / Coaches’ All-Knox...
Kim Frazier kicks off campaign for County Commission By Bill Howard Kim Frazier has been active in Knox County community affairs for a number of years. According to her website - electkimfrazier.com - she has been a hands-on information source and advocate for a wide...
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