by design | Oct 5, 2020 | The Daily Focus
By Tom Heck Coaches Polston and Ward established the culture for winning at Rule High, but it was the Golden Bears, the players, that won the games. Rule players were a special group who worked hard year-round and laid it all on the line on Friday nights. James...
by design | Oct 4, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Halls High Road to Fame’s Class of 2020 has quality By Steve Williams The second class of the Halls High Athletics’ Road to Fame may not have the quantity of the inaugural 2019 class, but it has the quality. The seven inductees of the 2020 class will be announced and...
by design | Oct 4, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Ani Roma, a health teacher at Hardin Valley Middle School, was selected last Monday by the Knox County Commission to be the lone citizen member of the Knox County Board of Health. About two dozen people submitted...
by design | Oct 4, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com After a historic marathon meeting that stretched until 1:30 a.m. the Knox County Commission passed a watered-down resolution that, while critical of the Board of Health, has no power at all. Commissioner Terry Hill,...
by Ray Hill | Oct 4, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Senator K. D. McKellar vs. Drew Pearson By Ray Hill Kenneth D. McKellar was the first person ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate in Tennessee. McKellar was also Tennessee’s longest serving senator, a record that remains unbroken. All told, K. D....
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By Steve Williams All of those spin moves by JD Dunn may have left Chattanooga Notre Dame’s football team a little dizzy. Christian Academy of Knoxville’s exciting junior running back at times ran circles around the Fighting Irish Friday night in a 45-13 win at...