by design | Apr 20, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
New Covenant Health Park may bridge communities By Steve Williams The site where the Knoxville Smokies’ Bill Meyer Stadium once stood long ago is less than a mile from where the Smokies’ brand new Covenant Health Park now stands. The two homes of the Smokies’...
by design | Apr 20, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘The Uncrowned King of the Senate’ Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma By Ray Hill Robert Samuel Kerr once, as a very young man, stated his life ambitions: “A family, to make a million dollars and to be Governor of Oklahoma – – – in that order.” And he...
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Sixteen receive Mauer Scholar-Athlete awards By Steve Williams The Optimist Club of Knoxville hosted the annual Johnny Mauer Awards at the Bearden Banquet Hall on Friday, April 11. The award is bestowed upon one outstanding senior student from each local high school....
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Whited sparkles in return to mound for Bulldogs By Ken Lay After a long absence due to injury, Isaiah Whited made a triumphant return to the mound for the Bearden High School Bulldogs Thursday night. Whited, a senior, hadn’t pitched in two months. He was injured,...
by design | Apr 20, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Mothers, daughters, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and friends are all invited to put on their favorite pink outfits and celebrate relationships at the Pink Princess Party on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Teen Center on Kingston Pike. “There will be...