$1,500 bonus for deputies in approved Knox budget By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler’s persistence won out Wednesday with a victorious split vote granting a bonus to his deputies. The county commission also passed the amended budget that included the bonus payments during the special session. The sheriff’s department discovered […]
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The final lease agreement between Knox County and TVA hasn’t been signed yet but last week the county commission voted to complete a deal with the University of Tennessee to sublet part of the TVA East Tower. The pending deal between the county and TVA calls for a […]
By Ray Hill July of 1966 was hot and humid in Tennessee that year. Two veteran campaigners, Governor Frank Clement and Senator Ross Bass, were stumping the state for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. Both campaigned at a furious pace. The Nashville Tennessean reported one painter busy at work was so startled […]
By Steve Williams Traditionally, The Knoxville Focus likes to check with local head football coaches to see what they will be doing during the annual TSSAA Dead Period before preseason practice really cranks up. For many, it’s a special time of the year to spend with the family. With the coronavirus pandemic, would this […]
By Ken Lay If Fountain City Bobcats baseball coach Kevin DeBusk knows one thing about his team it’s that no deficit seems insurmountable. And the Bobcats proved that Thursday as they fell behind Sweetwater early only to storm back and claim an 8-6 victory over the Wildcats in a summer league baseball game at […]
Sheriff implores commission to grant bonus to employees By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler made an impassioned plea to the Knox County Commission last week to permit him to use part of a $3 million surplus in his budget to reward department employees with a bonus. Speaking during a public […]
By Steve Hunley American Insurrection For the first time since the American Civil War, at least as far as I know, armed secessionists have occupied American soil and territory while legal and legitimate authorities simply stand by and gawk. The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle, Washington is a 7-9 block area occupied by […]
By Ken Lay Knoxville Christian School baseball coach John Barry is delighted to see his team get to play this summer, although he’s been less than thrilled with the Knights’ results on the field. “I think that overall, we would like to see more from our players,” Barry said after the Knights lost a 13-4 […]
By Ray Hill Pulaski Congressman Ross Bass had defeated Governor Frank Clement for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late Senator Estes Kefauver. Bass faced Republican Howard Baker in the general election. It was the first time Frank Clement had lost an election and his defeat had been sweeping. Congressman Bass confidently approached the general […]
By Steve Williams New Austin-East head football coach Antonio Mays will be putting academics before athletics. He feels strongly that his plan will produce victories on the field now and later in life for his players. “There’s two numbers that we need to be concerned with,” he said Thursday. “That’s 3.0 and 21 on the […]