By Ray Hill While growing up, one of the names I heard most frequently on the television news was that of J. William Fulbright, the senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. Of course that was during a time when there were only three national television networks, a far cry […]
By Steve Williams There’s a baseball saying that “Walks will Haunt.” Farragut High’s baseball team definitely got spooked Friday night but managed to survive. Despite giving up nine bases on balls, a hit batsman and a wild pitch in the first three innings, the Admirals came back to beat Sevier County 8-5 in the Class […]
By Ken Lay Christian Academy of Knoxville won its third consecutive Region 2-A/AA soccer championship Wednesday night at Gibbs High School’s Ernest Whited Field. The Warriors used three first-half goals to notch a 3-0 victory over the previously undefeated Eagles. Both CAK and Gibbs advanced to Saturday’s Section 1-A/AA Semifinals and faced elimination but results […]
By Hubert Smith KTA Commissioner Last year when the flagship campus of The University of Tennessee announced it was no longer contracting with Knoxville Area Transit to provide services to its campus, very few eyebrows were raised. Now it’s a full-blown political issue about KAT shelters on the UTK campus. Last year UTK signed a […]
Many people believe that music in some way defines who we are. So here at The Focus be began a new feature this week. We asked local community leaders: “what is on you music playlist?” Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis volunteered to help kick things off. According Vice Mayor Pavlis, he has a wide range of […]
The Sunsphere looks amazing all lit up. We are getting details of this project and hope to have more information soon. Developing… Update: 10:29am 05/15/2013 I just received the email attached below from PBA Chief Dale Smith. It is encouraging to know that an inquiry by the Knoxville Focus helped attain such […]
24/7 followers want to know…where have you been Mahurin? Well, to quote Dr. Seuss, I have been “here and there and everywhere”. Avid Focus readers know I’ve been busy interviewing incredible people who are accomplishing truly great things. (For instance, check out this feature on the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley.) I […]
Mike Hammond held his open mic night tonight at Mulligans. Greylan James and Chris Stapleton both played the event. There was a great crowd on hand for the event. Greylan James is a local singer – songwriter from right here in Knoxville Tennessee. He has recently been on NBC’s hit show The Voice. […]
KUB will close the eastbound curbside lane ona short section of Kingston Pike between Homberg Drive and North Forest Park Drive from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, as work is completed on the water distribution system in this area. One eastbound lane and both westbound lanes will remain open on this section […]
I’d like to share with you some of what I’ve been working on in Washington and Tennessee this past month: Challenging President Obama to fix the federal debt and rescue young Americans from being the “debt-paying generation” President Obama released a 10-year budget in April, more than two months after the date required by law, […]