by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com People are still taking about the invocation given by Rev. Chris Buice at the inauguration of Knoxville’s new mayor, city judge, and city council members December 21. Rev. Buice is senior minister at the Tennessee...
by Ray Hill | Dec 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Governor Tom C. Rye had run for the United States Senate in the 1918 Democratic primary against Senator John Knight Shields as a supporter of President Woodrow Wilson and lost. Rye’s defeat did not necessarily mean the people of Tennessee had turned...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Austin-East quarterback Trey Foster was a Lamar Jackson-type player in Knox County high school football this past season. Like the Baltimore Ravens’ Jackson, the NFL’s top candidate for MVP honors, the Roadrunners’ talented senior excelled as both a...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay The 2019 volleyball season was full of excitement as three area teams ended their respective seasons in Murfreesboro at the state championships. Concord Christian and Catholic each made it to the title matches. The Lady Lions (Division II-A) and the...
by design | Dec 29, 2019 | The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free anyone held in slavery and the act went into effect on January 1, 1863. On the first day of 2020 the Knoxville branch of the National Association for the Advancement of...
by design | Dec 27, 2019 | The Daily Focus
~ from UTAD By Zach Stipe, Director of Football Communications JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The last time the Tennessee football team played in Jacksonville, sophomore quarterback Joshua Dobbs was the star, accounting for three total touchdowns in a 45-28 victory over...