by design | Mar 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Democrats Are Lost By Steve Hunley The Democratic Party has a growing image problem and doesn’t seem to realize it. Working class voters have by and large left to back Donald Trump. The Democratic party, once the bastion of the working class, is now largely...
by design | Mar 16, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
A season like Webb’s are few and far between By Steve Williams It’s rare when a high school’s girls and boys basketball teams both advance to the TSSAA state tournament in the same year. But it’s even rarer when a high school’s two basketball teams win state...
by design | Mar 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Michigan: Charles E. Potter By Ray Hill History is full of obscure figures, but it is also like a dusty old closet that is full of interesting things once opened and examined. Charles Potter looked like a small-town accountant with his horn-rimmed...
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Motley Crew luncheons open to everyone By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville’s Hubert Smith hosts a luncheon on the first Friday of the month in the Crown Plaza Hotel that always draws a variety of local people for socializing and lunch. The...
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Fulton holds on for win and another trip to state By Steve Williams Going into the Class 3A Sectional round a week ago, Jody Wright, Fulton High’s veteran boys basketball coach, expected a battle against Unicoi County. “It kind of went exactly like I thought it was...
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Farragut Rotary Announces The Big Game Show The Rotary Club of Farragut Foundation invites everyone to The Big Game Show on Thursday, April 17 at Fox Den Country Club in Farragut. It is a lively, fun, high-tempo game show that involves everyone in the room – as...