A Tennessean on the U.S. Supreme Court By Ray Hill I daresay few of my readers recall a Knoxvillian once sat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Edward Terry Sanford served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1923 until his unexpected death...
By Mark Nagi It was a matchup that could have easily been a state playoff game. And the game lived up to the hype. On Thursday, October 9, the West Rebels knocked off Region 3-5A rival Powell 39-27, in a game filled with big plays for both teams. “I was really proud...
By Mike Steely The Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is about a two-hour drive from Knoxville, depending on what route you take, and is well worth a visit. There are lots of interesting sites to see along the way if you wish, like Brushy Mountain Prison,...
Halls High Road to Fame’s Class of 2020 has quality By Steve Williams The second class of the Halls High Athletics’ Road to Fame may not have the quantity of the inaugural 2019 class, but it has the quality. The seven inductees of the 2020 class will be announced and...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Ani Roma, a health teacher at Hardin Valley Middle School, was selected last Monday by the Knox County Commission to be the lone citizen member of the Knox County Board of Health. About two dozen people submitted...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com After a historic marathon meeting that stretched until 1:30 a.m. the Knox County Commission passed a watered-down resolution that, while critical of the Board of Health, has no power at all. Commissioner Terry Hill,...
Senator K. D. McKellar vs. Drew Pearson By Ray Hill Kenneth D. McKellar was the first person ever to be popularly elected to the United States Senate in Tennessee. McKellar was also Tennessee’s longest serving senator, a record that remains unbroken. All told, K. D....
By Steve Williams All of those spin moves by JD Dunn may have left Chattanooga Notre Dame’s football team a little dizzy. Christian Academy of Knoxville’s exciting junior running back at times ran circles around the Fighting Irish Friday night in a 45-13 win at...
By Ken Lay When Bearden High School and Hardin Valley Academy had their annual Region 1-6-A meeting on the gridiron, something had to give. Both the Bulldogs and Hawks were looking for their first win of a long 2020 season, but on Thursday night, the misery ended ---...
Pilot, Haslams donate $5 million for new Emergency Department at ETCH Pilot Company and the Haslam family have donated $5 million to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to renovate the Emergency Department at the hospital’s main campus on Clinch Avenue in downtown...
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