By Ken Lay It’s been a season filled with injuries for the Christian Academy of Knoxville girls basketball team. But the Lady Warriors are finally fully healthy, and they recently began a postseason run that they hope will land them a spot in the Division II-A...
By Ray Hill Above average height, lean and with his neat thatch of graying hair combed back from his forehead, David Aiken Reed looked like he might have been born to the American aristocracy. During his time in the U.S. Senate, Reed was described as “a higher type...
By Ken Lay Students from Knox County schools took a break from the classroom Thursday as they made a field trip to the 25th Knox County Food Show. Busloads of students and teachers filed into the Knoxville Expo Center to have their voices heard about the...
School board splits on charter school waiver By Pete Gawda The Thursday, February 5 meeting of the Knox County Board of Education was fairly routine, but the called meeting held before the regular meeting seemed to generate more interest. The purpose of the called...
By Steve Hunley Trump Giveth And Indya Taketh Away Last week, a friend of mine told me he was expecting the biggest tax refund he had ever seen. No big businessman, he would be considered a man of modest means and said he was surprised, as it was almost twice the...
By Steve Williams Not every fire turns into a blaze. Some begin with a spark and never get going. Others are tiny and blow out quickly like a candle on a birthday cake. All fires, though, have a chance to be big and productive and clear paths for others. The...
By Ray Hill Gifford Pinchot (pronounced Pin-Show) was the epitome of the aristocrat in politics. Immensely wealthy, Pinchot dedicated himself to conservation and was a perennial office seeker. The future governor was motivated to participate in politics for a number...
By Ken Lay Inclement winter weather has hindered preparations for Farragut High School’s girls basketball team. School cancellations in recent days have caused games to be rescheduled. It has also rendered the Lady Admirals unable to practice together. Farragut has...
By Steve Williams The new coaching staff at Austin-East High School has already seen transfers in preseason workouts who can upgrade the long-suffering Roadrunners’ program. They expect to see improvement too when the team takes the field for the TSSAA’s first...
Knox County changing its zoning terms By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) now being developed for Knox County will, among other things, change the zoning code terms and zoning districts. Allison Mouch, a...
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