Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party Dan Kuykendall, Part III By Ray Hill Since Tennessee began popularly electing United States senators in 1916, only two efforts by Republicans in the Volunteer state could be legitimately described as serious bids to win. One such...
Songwriters to perform free Christmas concert Dec. 6 at Fountain City Library Members of the Knoxville Songwriters Association will present a free Christmas concert from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Fountain City Library, 5300 Stanton Road. KSA President...
UT business class awards grants to non-profit organizations By Ken Lay Five non-profit organizations received grants last week thanks to a class offered by the University of Tennessee’s Haslam Business School Wednesday night. UT and Professor Dr. Alex Miller offers a...
Comcast Christmas opens the season at Chilhowee Park By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com The city of Knoxville began its “Christmas in the City” series Friday, November 18, kicking off the holidays with the Comcast Christmas at Chilhowee Park. Mayor Indya...
By Steve Hunley Kevin McCarthy Elected New House Speaker House Republicans have officially nominated Kevin McCarthy to become Speaker of the House. McCarthy was recently asked if he would keep his promise to remove Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the...
West pulls out 28-21 win to reach state finals By Steve Williams It was a showdown that could have went either way. West, however, was the last to score and break the tie and Powell simply ran out of time in the TSSAA Class 5A semifinal battle Friday night in the...
Senator McKellar vs the CIO-PAC By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior member of its congressional delegation was Kenneth D. McKellar, who had been in Congress for a total of thirty-six years; thirty of those years in the Senate. McKellar had just been handily reelected to...
Annual Bearden Christmas tree lighting sparks the holiday spirit By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Sunday before Thanksgiving a hundred or so people gathered at the Everly Brothers Park just off Kingston Pike in Bearden for the annual Christmas...
Watching Jackson play was fun and exciting By Steve Williams A lot of excitement can be found in small packages. And not just on Christmas morning or during a wedding proposal. It can happen on a football field, too. Just ask Fulton High fans. Marcellus Jackson put a...
Pedigo flooding before commission By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Some of the residents along Pedigo Road north of East Emory Road have an opinion about what to do about the flooding and a large sinkhole in their neighborhood. Last Monday the Knox...
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