Oster questioning crossover votes By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com There’s a tradition in East Tennessee of members of one party crossing over party lines to vote for a candidate or candidates in the other party. It happens often and many elected...
By Steve Hunley It Doesn’t Work? Really? Mike McMillan. East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, wrote a letter to school administrators perhaps two months ago suggesting the school folks ought to look into technology available for sanitizing...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Democrat Courtney Durrett surprised a lot of people recently by being elected to the Knox County Commission. She and her Republican opponent, Grant Rosenberg, ran honorable campaigns for Michele Carringer’s District 2...
By Ray Hill It has been 100 years since Tennessee ratified the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote in our country. It seems appropriate to celebrate the occasion in these pages. Tennessee became the battleground state for the...
Roadrunners dig early hole with miscues on rainy night By Bill Howard Webb School of Knoxville and Austin-East Magnet School squared off last year on opening night of the football season at Webb, and the Spartans ground out a 3-0 win. Friday night at Sam Anderson...
By Steve Williams For months there was uncertainty on whether there would be a high school football season in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The season is at least off to a start and Gibbs and Halls received the distinction of being the first two teams in...
Pressure? New Central head coach says he’s excited By Steve Williams The season opener is days away and his feelings could change as kickoff time nears Friday night. After all, Central’s football team has won back-to-back Class 5A state championships and it will be...
By Steve Hunley Interesting Factoid… New York governor Andrew Cuomo is begging for wealthy folks to return to the Empire State, which was ravaged by the coronavirus. Why does the guv want wealthy New Yorkers to come back home? “A single percent of New York’s...
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Ever wonder about the airplane filling station on Clinton Highway? When was it was built and why? What is the future for the iconic historic structure? The 2020 Powell Station Celebration is set for Saturday, August...
By Ray Hill From 1930 until 1964, the Democratic Party reigned supreme in Tennessee. Republicans had only occasionally been able to elect a governor; the last was Alfred A. Taylor in 1920. That year had been something of a high watermark for the GOP. Republicans had...
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