Special Knox County Veterans Luncheon scheduled for January By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com At-large Commissioner Larsen Jay announced recently that a free Veterans Luncheon is planned for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at the Bridgewater Place. The...
Falcons are already a work in progress By Steve Williams For years, Fulton basketball coach Jody Wright had to give up half of his team so they could get ready and play in the football playoffs. That wasn’t the case this season as the Falcons fell short of qualifying...
County launches Bridge to Safety for victims of domestic violence By Ken Lay Knox County officially launched its Bridge to Safety program Tuesday afternoon at the City-County Building. The program, which will aid victims of domestic violence in Knox County, will be...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Vote NO On Proposed City Sales Tax Increase Much of the war chest raised for the advertising campaign on behalf of Mayor Indya Kincannon’s effort to raise the sales tax inside the City of Knoxville was due to large contributions...
Fulton ends season with two wins and, hopefully, confidence By Steve Williams It was an unusual football season for Fulton High, which has had one of the state’s top programs over the past 30 years. The Falcons lost their first eight games before winning their last...
The Restoration of the Truman White House By Ray Hill The Second World War was being fought to a finish. Within weeks, Adolf Hitler, isolated and delusional in his fortified bunker buried beneath Berlin, heard of Benito Mussolini’s ill end. The former dictator of...
Commission splits on three issues By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Political division spilled over into the regular meeting of the Knox County Commission last week as three issues were debated, and two of the issues were basically nullified by...
Runners had to compete in ‘terrible’ conditions By Steve Williams High school cross country runners had to deal with slick, muddy conditions as they competed for TSSAA state tournament berths last Tuesday at Victor Ashe Park. The rainy days had ended, but puddles of...
Early voting picks up in city election By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Thursday was the halfway mark for early voting for five new Knoxville City Council members and the city sales tax referendum. As of Thursday, 5,112 people have voted with 651 of...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Democrats Responsible For Shutdown And Obamacare Failures Last week, the Knoxville News Sentinel published a story by Allie Feinberg stating there are 55,000 plus people on the SNAP program whose benefits are endangered by the...
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