New K-8 school approved for Western Heights area By Ken Leinart The Knox County Board of Education approved a proposed new kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8) school to serve the Mechanicsville, Lonsdale and Beaumont (MLB) communities. The board was given a...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley I Hope Senators Blackburn And Hagerty Will Stay In Senate And Continue To Help President Trump First I want to say that I supported and continue to support both U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. I think both are...
Strong Seymour team is playing the waiting game By Steve Williams March Madness hasn’t arrived yet, but February Fever has, particularly on the middle school basketball scene. Seymour got off to winning start in AAA Sectional play last Wednesday, eliminating Hardin...
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, I For the decade from 1940-1951, the congressman from Tennessee’s reliably Republican Second Congressional District was John Jennings. Bald on top, bespectacled, a very good speaker and an equally good lawyer who had once served...
Elite Frye wins first-ever career wrestling match at Halls tournament By Ken Lay Elite Frye had a big day on the wrestling mat recently. For a few brief moments, he was a star. It was a day of firsts for Frye, an 8-year-old athlete who hails from an athletic family....
NATIONAL SIGNING DAY For many, National Signing Day is the culmination of a long recruiting journey! LOCAL COLLEGE SIGNEES According to local high school athletic directors in The Knoxville Focus’ coverage area, here’s a list of student-athletes who...
$200,000 charged to Knox County Schools credit card By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Audit Committee was caught off guard Wednesday following a report by the external auditor, Pugh CPA. Audit officer Ted Hotz mentioned a credit card...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Adios, Acosta Jim Acosta, who made a name for himself as the obnoxious and abrasive reporter covering President Trump for CNN, has announced his departure from the network. There are those of us who remember Acosta when he worked...
West unbeaten on the road, even at the Dawg House By Steve Williams West continued its unusual win streak last week when it handed Bearden, one of the Top 5 ranked teams in the state, a 64-60 loss on its home floor aka the Dawg House. “We have been a really...
Carroll Reece and Jimmy Quillen By Ray Hill From 1921 until 1997, two men occupied the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s First District, with the exception of six years. Carroll Reece served 36 years, as did Jimmy Quillen; however, Reece’s...
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