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...
By Steve Williams The show must go on! Bearden High School’s award-winning dance program will have a team participating in the 2020-21 TSSAA Championships, which will be conducted in an online “virtual” format this school year due to COVID-19. Farragut and West Valley...
Delay in AJ Building sale requested By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Another delay in finalizing the sale of the Andrew Johnson Building is being requested from the Knox County Commission. The delay request has been added to the commission’s work...
By Steve Hunley This Little Piggy… Cliff Rodgers, former administrator of elections for Knox County, has underwhelmed anyone who happened to see the hardly earth shattering news he has left the Republican party. Rodgers is an attorney, but as far as I know, never...
By Steve Williams The tone of Ke’on Smith’s football signing ceremony with Campbell University last week had as much to do with academics as athletics. Austin-East High Principal Nathan Langlois punctuated his opening remarks with letting Ke’on know he wanted an...
By Ray Hill The late Howard H. Baker Jr., the first Republican ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee, has a great claim to being labeled “Mr. Republican” for the modern era. Yet Brazilla Carroll Reece of Johnson City may have a...
By Tom Mattingly If you hang around University of Tennessee athletics long enough, there are a number of questions and events that help make life entertaining. Here are some examples. Is it NEE-land or NAY-land? More than a few years ago, someone called and...
By Steve Williams It’s been a “rough season” for Halls High School’s cheerleaders, but it is ending on a positive note. Changes made by Governor Bill Lee and the Knox County School system late in the basketball regular season allowed Cheer and Dance teams to...
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