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 ...

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

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

“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 ...

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

From the Big Kahuna Wing Festival to the Fantasy of Trees, Central High School’s cheer team, coached by Kara Clark and Kira ...

Wreaths Across America is a non-profit organization that honors veterans and their families. More than two million volunteers ...

Margaret “Peggy” Timberlake Eaton has been the subject of books and even one Hollywood film (The Gorgeous Hussy) and is oftentimes portrayed as the vixen who nearly caused the collapse of President ...

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 ...

“A college boy cannot successfully go through life by graduating in football, baseball or highballs, for the responsibilities of life are not ball-bearing.” – William H. Murray William H. Murray is ...

Walking through the hallways of the old Knoxville High School brings back memories for any older person who went to high school anywhere. The large facility at 101 East Fifth Avenue has four buildings ...