By Ray Hill Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, had simmered for years with resentment due to having been marginalized by the president. Yet Roosevelt depended upon Hull’s reservoir of good will with both the Congress and the American...
Powell rolls past mistake-riddled West, 35-7
Panthers eye first state title Friday By Steve Williams If anything beneficial came from Powell’s surprisingly easy win over West, it was that you can’t take anything for granted. The Panthers stunned the Rebels and onlookers 35-7 in a TSSAA Class 5A semifinal...
Visiting
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide. —Ayn Rand. By Dr. Jim Ferguson It...
Talented Falcons’ 9U team seeks help to play in Florida
The Falcons celebrate after winning the 9U championship in the Knox Metro Youth Football League this season. They were one of two 9U teams in the Falcons' youth program this season and one of the nine team champions in the KMYFL. The other eight KMYFL champions...
Race relations were different in the 50s and 60s
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my column last week, I wrote that my father received about 90% of the vote in Knoxville’s African-American precincts in his three races for mayor. He had led the peaceful integration of Knoxville during some very...
Shining the Light on Local Musicians
By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Southern Lights owner and Knoxville native Pamela Little grew up with music all around her. Her mother was a singer, and her dad was a reverend who also started a rescue mission. Pam’s passion for giving people chances stems...
A New Door, A New Chapter
By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Karen Terry, owner and broker of New Door Realty LLC, has been opening new doors for families in South Knox, Blount, Sevier, Jefferson, and Loudon counties since opening this year. Terry contributes her success to being...
The Knoxville Focus for November 22, 2021
Frankenberg kicks off campaign for General Sessions Judge in Division II By Bill Howard Sharon Frankenberg is one of Knox County’s five judicial magistrates. Magistrates, appointed by the county commission, do the criminal law work for General Sessions judges. Common...
The Education Industrial Complex
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com There is an old saying that all politics is local. That certainly was corroborated in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Despite the Biden Administration being a total disaster and supposedly unpopular in Virginia, the...
Publisher’s Positions
By Steve Hunley Merit Council has become Political Council Anybody who reads The Knoxville Focus regularly already knows the Sheriff’s Merit System Council has become a tar pit of politics. It may well be beyond reform and the truth is for years it has been dominated...
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Smoky Mountain Home Health and Hospice Celebrates 30 years
Since 1982, Smoky Mountain...
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Karns LL teams are battling for state berth
By Steve Williams Karns is...
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The Knoxville Focus: Monday, August 13, 2012
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92 Boxes of Love
More than 20 volunteers...
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South-Doyle Delivers Shutout over Heritage
By Adam Sullivan It’s not...
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Rosie’s World
Rosie Moore celebrated her...