by design | Jul 12, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Duties of Knox County Mayor debated by Charter Review Committee By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County voters may see a charter amendment on the November ballot. The Knox County Charter Review Committee voted 21-3 last week to have any purchase...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 12, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Evetty Satterfield’s Bold Move By the time this is published, I will be surprised if Evetty Satterfield, the Knox County Board of Education member from the First District, is under attack by professional agitators and anarchists. The First...
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By Ken Lay MAYNARDVILLE – Republican United States Senate candidate Bill Hagerty took his campaign to Union County early last week where he greeted his supporters at a lunchtime stop at Maynardville’s Pete’s Place Restaurant Tuesday. Hagerty shook a few hands and had...
by Ray Hill | Jul 12, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill I imagine few, if any, readers remember George Grider of Memphis. Grider served one term in Congress from Shelby County, yet he deserves to be remembered due to the fact he defeated the last vestige of the old Crump machine to get to Congress. ...
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By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Feeling cooped up with a bit of cabin fever as COVID-19 seems to last forever? Looking for something the family can do that’s fun, adventurous and even historic? On Saturday, August 29, the Powell community has...
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By Steve Williams The score by innings on the Smokies Stadium scoreboard had an unusual look to it in the East Tennessee High School Baseball League All-Star Game. The West team had put up two runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings en route to an...