PHOTO BY MARK COOPER Grace Christian Academy junior Riley King leads the Rams onto the field at The King's Academy Friday night in a matchup of two Division II teams. TKA withstood a late rally by GCA and won 22-20. By Steve Williams Nothing has come easy for The...
The Shortest Congressional Race
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s Second Congressional District is the most Republican in the nation from the standpoint it has never been represented by anything other than a Republican since the party has been on the ballot. There is also another statistic that is interesting...
What Does It Mean to Recant?
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are watching a lawyer movie or tv show, there may be some criminal who has confessed to their crimes and is ready to testify against the crime kingpin. Then, right before the trial, someone gets to the witness and all of a sudden the...
The Vaccinated vs The Non-Vaccinated
By John J. Duncan Jr. Politics can be very mean at times, and one of the cruelest things I have ever seen is the almost gleeful way some on the left have reported the deaths of people who were publicly opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine. The old expression of dancing on...
Reminisces
“Let’s start at the beginning, a very good place to start…” —Maria from the Sound of Music By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m a big fan of old movies, especially musicals. But then I’ve listened to Beethoven’s fifth and ninth symphonies at least 100 times with the same...
Why would any rational person be a socialist?
By Dr. Harold A. Black Why would any rational person be a socialist? They wouldn’t. Insanity is sometimes defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The definition fits socialism perfectly. Socialism if implemented always...
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss: Honoring his Service and Sacrifice
By Ralphine Major Usually, they are from other states, other cities, other communities and small towns. This time, the soldier was from here in Corryton, Tennessee. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss and 12 other brave Americans died on foreign soil. Each of these...
West defense leads Rebels to 31-14 win over Fulton
By David Klein The West Rebels shook off an inconsistent first half on offense and relied on their defense Friday night at Fulton to beat the Falcons 31-14 in a nonconference game. The state’s #1 ranked 5A team improved their record to 4-0 while the Fulton Falcons...
The Knoxville Focus for September 7, 2021
Commission reorganizes, eyes redistricting By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A special session of the Knox County Commission Wednesday saw Richie Beeler being chosen chairman and Justin Biggs selected as vice chairman. Beeler, the District 8...
Publisher’s Position
By Steve Hunley School Board Follies Last week, the Knox County Board of Education had some 60 people sign up to speak. What do you suppose had folks all stirred up? Test scores? Curriculum? None of the above. It was, yet again, masks. It seems like nothing has...
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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...