By Steve Hunley These days we hear an awful lot about “social justice.” The recent shootings of three teenagers inside the City of Knoxville illustrate the difference between action and real commitment and mere symbolism and virtue signaling. Stanley Freeman Jr.,...
By Steve Williams Jailynn Tindall’s move from Georgia to Strawberry Plains last summer has proved to be just peachy for Carter High School. Tindall, a junior, notched a TSSAA state wrestling championship in the girls’ 140-pound weight class Thursday at the Chattanooga...
By Ray Hill Congressman Sam R. Sells, a veteran of ten years in the U. S. House of Representatives, was being hard-pressed for the Republican nomination in 1920. Carroll Reece had been a farm boy who had fought with distinction during the First World War and taught...
By Tom Mattibgly Three significant hires in the early 1960s had a profound impact on the University of Tennessee athletic program and its history. Dr. W. J. Julian, known best as “Doc” or “Doc Julian,’’ and Haywood Harris came on board in 1961, as director of...
By Steve Williams In acknowledging his selection as this season’s Knox County boys basketball Coach of the Year, Bearden’s Jeremy Parrott quickly turned the spotlight on his four assistant coaches. “I’ll tell anybody,” said Parrott last week, just days after his...
New location for vaccines, sheriff’s courthouse, AJ Building By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Commission discussed a new metal courthouse for the sheriff’s department, a new location for Covid-19 vaccinations, the sale of the Andrew...
By Steve Hunley The Passing of Rush Limbaugh I cannot let the passing of Rush Limbaugh go by without comment. To say Rush Limbaugh was merely a radio talk show host would be comparable to attempting to pass off a mouse as an elephant. A man of formidable...
By Ken Lay A new committee had its inaugural meeting last week. The Knox County Committee on Health and Economic Well-Being met for the first time virtually, via Zoom, on Wednesday afternoon. The 11-member committee, which was formed to serve in an advisory role to...
By Ray Hill Sam R. Sells, the congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, was a successful, forty-nine year-old businessman when he faced a challenge inside the Republican primary from Carroll Reece. Reece was not quite thirty-one years old, well-...
By Steve Williams Three more of Coach Tommy Pharr’s baseball players at Christian Academy of Knoxville have earned college scholarships. The latest signees are Ryan Degges (Columbia State), Ty Nettles (Volunteer State) and Tyler Wood (Motlow College). Degges, who also...
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