By Ray Hill Governor Andrew Johnson easily overcame the powerful opposition of the Whig Party in Tennessee, as well as the more conservative elements in his own Democratic Party to win election to the United States Senate in 1857. Nor was Andrew Johnson satisfied to...
By Steve Williams Give veteran Karns High basketball coach Lee Henson credit for thinking ahead in the closing seconds of the Beavers’ 62-61 double-overtime quarterfinal win over Powell in the District 3-AAA tournament Thursday night at Oak Ridge. And freshman guard...
By Steve Williams From South of the River to the Wild Blue Yonder. South-Doyle High School’s Santana Curtis is scheduled to report to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 24. He is one of several seniors on the Cherokees’ 2019 state...
Farragut residents unhappy with 5G By Focus Staff The Farragut Mayor and Board of Aldermen met on Thursday, February 13 with a brief agenda of business concerning two ordinances and three business items. The bulk of the meeting concerned the Verizon application for 5G...
Mayor Jacobs wants to sell it for $6 million By Steve Hunley What kind of government spends $25.6 million dollars on a building and then tries to sell it for $6 million dollars? Your Knox County government and Knox County School Board is that kind of...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Several items on the Knox County Commission’s work session agenda are noteworthy this week including the vote to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between board of education and the county to relocate the...
By Ray Hill Only nine men have made the transition from governor of Tennessee to United States senator. One of those nine was one of the most successful politicians to take part in Tennessee’s turbulent politics: Andrew Johnson. In fact, Andrew Johnson prospered...
By Steve Williams Farragut wanted to play the spoiler role on Valentine evening, but the Bearden Lady Bulldogs would have no part of it. Coach Justin Underwood’s girls trailed by four points early but led at the end of each period and eased out of reach down the...
By Steve Williams Central High School took its February signing day ceremony into the Fountain City community. Sam & Andy’s on Broadway hosted the event Wednesday and it attracted a big turnout of family members, students, teachers and community supporters....
By Steve Williams Harper Houk figured he would make a better showing at the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches State Meet this year, but he didn’t expect to win. His mom Kristi also said it wasn’t until Monday that it really “sunk in.” Houk, a Hardin Valley...
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