Senate candidate Bill Hagerty addresses Republicans at Lincoln Day Dinner By Ken Lay United States Senate candidate Bill Hagerty is on the campaign trail as the 2020 election cycle enters its home stretch. The former ambassador to Japan was in Knoxville early last week and was the keynote speaker at the Knox County Republican Party’s […]
By Steve Hunley Jacobs Chief of Staff Investigated Bryan Hair, Chief of Staff to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, is under investigation, along with Paul White, Director of the county’s Parks & Recreation Department. That is according to a press release issued from the mayor’s office. Hair had no experience in running much of anything […]
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You might think that former Commissioner Sam McKenzie, husband of Knoxville Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie, has a walk in the park for election to replace Rick Staples as the District 15 Tennessee Representative. But McKenzie is not unopposed in the November 3rd General Election. Independent candidate Troy Jones, a […]
By Ray Hill Genuine war hero, sheriff, accused counterfeiter, convict and U. S. congressman from Tennessee, Pat Sutton was, if anything, a colorful character. It may be difficult for some readers to imagine today, but the entire country had been unified in winning World War II. White, black and brown; men and women; even Republicans […]
By Steve Williams After leading Christian Academy of Knoxville to its fourth straight Division II-A boys’ state golf title and seventh overall last week, Kaleb Wilson and Jackson Hughey had something else to do. They wanted to continue a longtime tradition of their former coach, Hank Fennell, who retired after last season. Fennell coached boys’ […]
PHOTO BY KELLY KEARSE Knoxville Catholic’s Devyn Dunn (left) and Caitlyn Cress battle at the net against Webb in a match this season.
By Steve Williams The Dirty Dozen was the name of an award-winning 1967 war film. Over 50 years later, The King’s Academy volleyball team could be called The Hearty Half-Dozen. It has only six players, but it has qualified for the semifinal round of the TSSAA Division II-A state tournament this week in Murfreesboro. A […]
Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Hwy (at the Karns Red Light) has been planning fun things for you and your family! The PUMPKIN PATCH CRUISE-IN will be Oct. 23 rd from 5:00 until 8:00 pm. The Summer Knight Cruisers and Tennessee Valley Model A Club will be showing off their vintage cars. Gypsy Kitchen […]
Volunteer registration is now open for the 31st Ijams River Rescue, presented by Home Federal Bank and TVA, on Saturday, Nov.21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ijams Nature Center’s annual communitywide event focuses on removing trash and tires from 32 sites along the Tennessee River and its creek tributaries from the river’s headwaters in […]
As the evenings grow darker and the first hint of winter hangs in the air, the western world enters the season of the dead. It is a time when ghost stories, dark tales, and mysterious happenings rise up to help us understand death and the unexplained. Along with the historic house museum and family history, […]
Event focuses on safe trick-or-treating with one-way trail and new visual experiences. BOO! at the Zoo, Knoxville’s favorite Halloween event, continues with safe and not-too-scary fun Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 15-18 and Oct. 22-25, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. each evening. A Halloween tradition for 34 years, this year’s BOO! at the Zoo has been […]