Earlier this month, community activist Vivian Shipe addressed the Knoxville City Council during the Public Comment part of the meeting. Her remarks struck home for many of the listeners and maybe even ...

Two Knox County Health Department initiatives received statewide recognition through the Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) Bright Spot Awards. The awards recognize examples of efforts that aim to ...

The Red Kettle Campaign is a cornerstone of The Salvation Army’s fundraising. All donations stay local, and 83 cents of every dollar go directly toward serving individuals and families in need.

Trump would do well to pattern his presidency after that of Eisenhower who gave the country eight years of peace and prosperity with the exception of a brief recession for a few months in 1958.

Thank you, Elon Musk. By Dr. Harold A. Black. [email protected]. haroldblackphd.com. In the presidential election of 2020, aligned against Trump were both the mainstream media ...

Christmas is around the corner and I remember childhood anticipation. My brothers and I would survey and shake the presents under the tree to choose one gift to open before Christmas morning.

“There is a basic flaw in the college game, one that courses through its body like an infection. It is called recruiting, and it is the bane of college football.” ...

In December 2020, Tennessee athletics was an absolute mess. The Vols finished a 3-7 Covid season under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. A few weeks later, Pruitt would be fired for recruiting violations and ...

The human brain is the most marvelous thing ever created. Its powers are limited only by the owner. It’s sad that so many people choose to turn their brains off and blindly follow the thoughts of ...

Morning Pointe Senior Living leadership recognized Morning Pointe of Knoxville Assisted Living on Dec. 4 with its Community Outreach Award for 2024.

The Knoxville Smokies are the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Members of the eight-team Southern League, Smokies baseball has been entertaining families and fans of America’s national pastime ...

You may read his column every week in The Focus and you may think you know him through his stories. Yet there are probably a lot of things you don’t know about Joe Rector. Did you know where Joe went ...