by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Halls’ Road to Fame sparkles even more with Class of 2024 By Steve Williams Halls High School athletics’ Class of 2024 Road to Fame includes four outstanding inductees: A high school baseball All-American in Jeff Lockwood, the first recipient of the TSSAA Mr. Football...
by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions Burchett Responds To Ashe By Steve Hunley Last week, Congressman Tim Burchett dropped the equivalent of a political atomic bomb on Victor Ashe. The former mayor writes a column for the Shopper, which appears online in the Knoxville...
by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
New stadium named Covenant Health Park By Ken Lay Knoxville’s new all-purpose sports stadium remains under construction in the Old City. It won’t open until April 2025, but it already has a name. The new stadium, which will be home to the Knoxville Smokies and the One...
by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Frank A. Barrett of Wyoming By Ray Hill There was a time when Wyoming was not such a rock-ribbed Republican state. Like much of the rest of the country, with the advent of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, Wyoming elected its share of Democrats to statewide...
by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Emotional farewells from five Knox County Commissioners By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Five people who could not be more different from each other gave emotional farewells last week during their final meeting as Knox County Commissioners. Goodbyes...
by design | Sep 2, 2024 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Seniors for Creative Learning readies for fall semester By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Seniors for Creative Learning is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to encouraging individuals age 50 and older to learn new things and enjoy new...
