By Steve Hunley The Knoxville Focus received phone calls and emails on last week’s Publisher’s Position “Too Many Recode Missteps.” Of interest was a question about the missing zoning map for Recode. For many months the text of Recode has been discussed and amended by...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter This month’s North Knoxville Business & Professional Association meeting agenda veered from the usual to the exceptional as it highlighted eleven non-profit agencies. Each representative or NKBPA member gave a three-minute synopsis of their...
By Ray Hill After Congress had adjourned in 1933, Edward Hull Crump, congressman from Tennessee’s Tenth District, took his wife on a three-month tour of Europe. The Crumps returned on September 26, 1933 and the Congressman stopped off in his Washington office to clear...
By Steve Williams When hot summer days get up in the 90s and feel like 100, wouldn’t it be nice to have a swimming pool in the backyard? Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but you do. Inskip Pool, at 4204 Bruhin Road in North Knoxville, has served local folks since 1959 and...
By Ken Lay Bob Thomas has served on the Knox County Commission and he’s been a morning radio talk show host and he most recently ran for county mayor. He was defeated in the 2017 by Glenn Jacobs, a professional wrestler and businessman. Thomas didn’t stay out of...
Complaints about recycling center create sparks at council meeting By Bill Howard From the looks of its agenda, it appeared the Knoxville City Council’s July 2 meeting would be a rather ho-hum affair. In fact, it ended – fittingly perhaps on July 4 week – with a bit...
By Steve Hunley Andy Ngo, a gay Asian-American journalist, was evidently badly beaten by members of Antifa in Portland, Oregon recently. As Ngo was beaten, Antifa members continued to chant, “No hate!” Ngo recalled he was videoing the march of Antifa members who had...
By Ken Lay The City of Knoxville hosted a ribbon-cutting Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the renovation of the Performance Lawn at World’s Fair Park. The ceremony was held just one day before the lawn temporarily opened for Knoxville’s annual Festival on the Fourth,...
By Ray Hill Edward Hull Crump, leader of the Shelby County political machine and congressman from Tennessee’s Tenth District, had been a strong and early supporter of New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932. Crump was...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter If there is one thing the East Knoxville Community Meeting does well, it’s keeping its members and community well informed of the priorities and initiatives of elected officials those candidates running for city offices. In a series of...
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