By Steve Williams Fulton High head basketball coach Jody Wright was in the post-game media room with some of his players talking to reporters after the Falcons’ overtime quarterfinal win over Memphis Mitchell in this season’s TSSAA state tournament at MTSU in...
Con Hunley helps Blake Shelton open Ole Red in Gatlinburg By Lisa DeMarsico Knoxville native and country icon Con Hunley and his family performed at the Grand Opening of the Blake Shelton-inspired Ole Red Gatlinburg bar, restaurant and music venue Wednesday night....
By Steve Williams The third time was the charm. Playing in the TSSAA state tournament for the third year in a row, Bearden loaded its first gold basketball in school history for the trip back to Knoxville. Coach Jeremy Parrott’s talented and veteran Bulldogs took...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville Finance Director Jim York told the City Council Tuesday that $15,155,694 is needed in new and shifted money for several projects. His request was approved on first reading after he explained the money will go to three...
By Ray Hill Samuel Watkins Overton, Jr. came from one of Tennessee’s most prominent families; Overton was the great-great grandson of Judge John Overton, a contemporary of General Andrew Jackson and the founder of Memphis. Overton joined the law firm founded by...
By Steve Williams Fulton was wide awake for a 10 o’clock tipoff in the Class AA semifinals Friday morning in Murfreesboro and built a 13-point lead in the first half of its 66-55 win over East Nashville Magnet School in the TSSAA state basketball tournament. “I liked...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Our region has lost one of its leaders with the passing of Arthur Seymour, Jr., well-known attorney and community leader. Seymour passed away after a battle with cancer at age 74 on March 11. Services will be held at 3 p.m.,...
McMillan Proven Right Career Magnet Academy Enrollment Doubles By Focus Staff Mike McMillan, East Knox County’s member of the board of education, led the fight to keep the Career Magnet Academy open. McMillan vehemently resisted efforts by the school administration...
By Steve Hunley After forty-five days as governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee made his first State of the State address at the Capitol last Monday night. Governor Lee brought legislators and guests to their feet some twenty times and his message throughout the evening...
By Ken Lay Knoxville’s newest assisted living community celebrated its grand opening late last week. Morning Pointe Knoxville had a dinner, open house and ribbon-cutting Thursday night. It’s located at 9649 Westland Drive, adjacent to Shoreline Church in the...
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