Early voting begins Wednesday By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County voters who choose to vote early may do so starting Wednesday, October 16. Early voting ends October 31 and the general election is Tuesday, November 5. Registered voters may...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley FEMA Fails, Has Become Just Another Woke DEI Bureaucracy Can anyone possibly be surprised by the emergence of a video showing FEMA officials discussing moving from its mission of serving the greatest number of people to delivering...
Team effort propels CAK girls to state title By Steve Williams Christian Academy of Knoxville’s TSSAA girls golf championship in Division II-A was a team effort this season. While the scores of Isabella Coughlin and Alexis Fishel earned the state title at the...
Cowboy Entertainer: Glen H. Taylor of Idaho By Ray Hill Someone once described politics as show business for ugly people. Certainly, show business and politics are related and may very well be kissing cousins. Ronald Reagan, George Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger,...
Songwriters to perform free concert Tuesday at Fountain City Library Members of the Knoxville Songwriters Association will perform a free concert Oct. 15 at their 12th annual “Fountain City Music Festival.” The concert will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,...
Halls matriarch celebrates 95th birthday Elmarie Hall Carter celebrated her 95th birthday last week on October 9. She is one of the oldest Thomas Hall Family descendants still living in the Halls Crossroads area. Elmarie was born and raised in the Halls Community...
Knox County Republicans rally to ‘get out and vote’ By Ken Lay A huge crowd turned out for the Knox County Republican Party’s Bluegrass and BBQ Rally Thursday night at the Knox County Expo Center. The event was intended to be fun as attendees were treated to a...
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Republican Rally A Huge Success Last Thursday, Knox County saw its most enthusiastic gathering of Republicans in decades at an old-fashioned rally featuring barbecue and bluegrass music. Over 600 people came through the doors and...
TKA offense clicks, defeats Ezell-Harding 44-0 By Ken Leinart Everything “clicked” Friday night for the King’s Academy Lions. You know that’s true when a back up offensive lineman scores a touchdown, which is sort of what happened in the Lions’ 44-0 win over visiting...
The Southern Gentleman Winfield Dunn Editor’s Note: The Knoxville Focus is running this reprint of Ray Hill’s column from September 2013 on former Governor Winfield Dunn to honor his passing last month. By Ray Hill Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was born July 1, 1927,...
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