Early Voting Underway By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Voters are in the midst of Early Voting in Knox County and will continue to choose their primary candidates through Thursday, April 28. May 3 is Election Day. “The first two days were slow but...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Bud Armstrong Will Always Put “We The People” First It is no surprise to anyone that a few lawyers aren’t big boosters of former Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong. It was Armstrong who streamlined much of the processes from which...
Catching up with Terry Caruthers
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Terry Caruthers is a special project librarian for the McClung Collection of the Knox County Public Library system. She’s a Colonial Village neighborhood resident and was in the last class to graduate from Young High...
Remembering Congressman Robin Beard
By Ray Hill Every so often I am reminded of my age by recalling those leaders of my youth; most of them are gone now. Howard Baker, Bill Brock, John Duncan, Sr., Jimmy Quillen and Robin Beard. Former governor Winfield Dunn is still very much with us, thank God. It...
A playoff run by T’Wolves might ring Elston’s phone
By Steve WIlliams Elston Turner is in the fourth quarter of his coaching career. The 62-year-old Knoxville native has had a remarkable run as an assistant for 24 years in the NBA but has never been a head coach. He has come close a few times to realizing that dream...
Central, Karns celebrate 50th anniversary of marathon tournament game
By Ken Lay The Central High School-Karns High School baseball rivalry is one of Knoxville’s oldest and it has deep roots. The Bobcats and Beavers have been league rivals for years. Thus, they have played numerous times over the years and have had some memorable...
The Knoxville Focus for April 11, 2022
Wiegel’s, Gibbs-Corryton community gives heartfelt tribute to Ryan Knauss By Chase Clemmer If you have not seen or heard the story of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Christian Knauss you should take a moment to do so. He was the last American service member that was...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Liberals Sue to Block Wright-Niceley Bill To the surprise of no one, the Wright-Niceley Bill, which establishes residency requirements for candidates for federal office is Tennessee, has been challenged in a new lawsuit. As noted by the Tennessee...
Freshman Keck hurls Gibbs past Fulton
By Steve Williams A young and talented Gibbs softball team wiggled out of a first inning jam and faced very little difficulty after that in a 10-0 win over improved Fulton Thursday night in Corryton. The visitors had a runner on each base with two outs in the...
The 1948 Election In Tennessee I
Republicans had not really been a factor in statewide elections in Tennessee for the better part of almost half a century. There were those occasions when a Republican managed to win the governorship, usually due to some unusual circumstance that gave the GOP an...
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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...