I recall meeting Senator John L. McClellan in Washington, D.C., in 1977. It was towards the end of his life and he was ...

An 84-unit housing development planned for Hardin Valley received some questions from the Knox County Commission last week.

Donations generally decline between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. From December 26 through January 3, all whole blood and ...

“When he gets going and he turns it on, he’s hard to stop,” Vine coach Jadarius Suber said of Young after the Golden Bears ...

As the year comes to a close, The Salvation Army of Knoxville is urging community members to give generously, ensuring their neighbors in need receive help not just during the holidays but all year ...

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) is proud to announce that 5,477 acres in Fayette County will become the state’s 16 th state forest. The property, which will be named ...

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 ...

On another Christmas Eve, Amy and I worked until the wee hours of the morning putting toys together with the aid of instructions written in a foreign language. Every Christmas, I asked the children ...

The Veterans Village was located where the Austin-East football field is now. When I was four and a half years old, we moved to a new home on East Sunset Road in Holston Hills. This was a 1,400-square ...

The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) hosted its Annual Christmas Banquet at the Sevierville Convention Center. During the program, Dr. Dusty Wilson, Director of the Church of God International ...

More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The day after Christmas I will turn 78 years old.

President-elect Donald Trump’s approval ratings have never been higher. 54% of the respondents of a CNN poll indicate they believe Trump will do a good job when he returns to the White House. 55% ...