By Ken Lay The air smelled of smoke on a clear day early last week as history came to life for the students of South Knoxville Elementary School with “History Over an Open Fire.” The lunchtime program was made possible by Held Law Firm, the Mabry-Hazen House and...

By Bill Howard Maybe the newest member of Knoxville’s park system will bring the community a measure of unity it badly needs in these divided times. It was designed to do exactly that. On Thursday, November 19, Carol Evans, executive director of Legacy Parks...

By Steve Williams It was the year of the Roadrunner in the Knox Metro Youth Football League. Out of the eight title games, the Baby Roadrunners won four championships and were runners-up in another one. “We had a tremendous year,” said Melvin Tate, who is a member of...

By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com If you’ve traveled Chapman Highway from downtown recently you can’t help but notice the huge apartment complex going up on the hill behind the historic Kern’s Bakery building. The apartment complex, Flagship Kerns, is...

By Steve Williams Older college football fans will appreciate what George Yardley is doing. And that is bringing back the popular “Leonard’s Losers” prediction show that thousands would listen to every Saturday on the radio and often on their way to a game. Yardley, a...

By Mark Nagi One of the goals for each and every high school football team is to practice on Thanksgiving. The South-Doyle Cherokees have earned that right. Shawn Gary scored three touchdowns, leading the Cherokees to a 21-14 win over the two-time defending state...

By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com In what may be the shortest meeting in recent history the Knox County Commission altered its public forum rules last week. In past months the commission meetings have been contentious with anti-mask protesters...