By Steve Hunley How many times have you heard someone complain politicians don’t do what they promised during the campaign? I’ve griped about it myself and cannot begin to count the number of times I’ve heard that same complaint from others. Bill Lee promised during...
By Ken Lay The Emerald Youth Foundation is bringing a health center to the Lonsdale Community. Plans for the center, which will be located at the foundation’s Lonsdale Ministry Complex, were announced early Friday the Emerald Youth Foundation’s prayer breakfast at the...
By Ray Hill February 5, 1937 was a Friday and President Franklin D. Roosevelt publicly announced his intention to ask Congress to enlarge the United States Supreme Court. Roosevelt was fresh from a smashing reelection campaign in 1936, which saw the president carry...
By Steve Hunley On Wednesday afternoon May 1, 2019, Knoxville-Knox County Planning released the long awaited Recode Draft 5. Recode Draft 4 came in at 287 pages. Draft 5 increased that by 48% to 425 pages. Despite the prior commitment of Knoxville City Council in the...
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville Focus has asked the candidates for Knoxville City Mayor to comment on whether or not the James White Parkway should be considered for extension through the Urban Wilderness in South Knoxville. Mayor Madeline Rogero...
By Steve Williams Kiyontae Warren came into the Knoxville Interscholastic League Track and Field Championships with the best time in the state in the 300-meter hurdles. He felt he had to back it up. There was a burning desire inside of him to do just that. “Today was...
'Grand Goals' presented by Mayor Rogero By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com “We still have a lot to accomplish,” Mayor Madeline Rogero told the large audience attending the “State of the City” budget address Friday. She also said she and her staff are “gearing up for...
By Steve Hunley This past Tuesday, April 23, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero signed a Special Called Meeting public notice of the Knoxville City Council to hold the first of two votes on Recode on May 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. One little problem, in the 347...
By Amy Box Fellhoelter “I’m a CBD believer! I haven’t taken any prescription pain medication since using CBD oil. It allowed me to walk again,” said Maryville resident Bob Parker. After being hospitalized last year for more than 70 days because of stage four kidney...
By Ray Hill With just weeks away from Election Day, the three candidates competing for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate, incumbent John Knight Shields, General Lawrence D. Tyson, and Nathan L. Bachman, picked up the pace of their respective campaigns. ...
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