By Steve Hunley Some Time Republican Former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe has openly called for a primary challenger to oppose County Commissioner Kyle Ward. As I recall, Ward defeated a well-heeled primary challenger in Scott Broyles. In fact, Broyles was the choice of...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com There is a city council election this year and five of the nine members are up for re-election and each incumbent has picked up a campaign petition. March 22 was the first day to pick up a petition and May 20 is the...
By Ray Hill Lyndon Johnson once called Estes Kefauver, “The greatest campaigner of them all.” Kefauver was no silver-tongued orator; in fact, he was oftentimes tongue-tied and frequently mangled names and phrases. Yet Estes Kefauver likely had no peer as a...
By Tom Mattingly What is the greatest run in Tennessee football history? Opinions vary. If Hank Lauricella’ s 75-yard run in the first quarter of the 1951 Cotton Bowl game against Texas is No. 1, Johnny Butler’s run against Alabama in 1939 is 1a, and Jay Graham’s...
By Steve Williams Austin-East’s sweep in the four relay events led the way to the boys’ team title last week in the annual Roadrunner Invitational at A-E. The most exciting of the relay victories was the 4x200. The Roadrunners nosed out West by two-hundredths of a...
Judge Susano Portrait Unveiled By Focus Staff Former Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Charles D. Susano Jr. was honored at a small ceremony weekend before last where Chief Justice Sharon Lee unveiled a portrait of Susano. At the time of his retirement last April,...
By Steve Hunley Board of Health Follies The Knox County Commission has finally done exactly what everybody expected it to do; i.e. make the county’s Board of Health an advisory body. It places responsibility squarely upon the shoulders of county health director Martha...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com You’ve seen her on television and on the ever popular TikTok app or you’ve heard her on Knoxville Radio. Now a days it seems Tonya Stoutt-Brown is everywhere in the media. She’s animated, quirky and just plain...
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece had first been elected to Congress to represent Tennessee’s First District in 1920 when he had defeated incumbent congressman Sam R. Sells in the Republican primary. 1920 had been a banner year for Republicans in Tennessee with the GOP...
Signing Littlejohn is ‘feather in the cap’ By Steve Williams Devean Littlejohn has advanced to the next level in his bowling career. And there may be another level after this one. The first-ever TSSAA Division I boys state champion to represent Knox County signed an...
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