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Farragut punches ticket to state for first time since ’83
March 11, 2026 by Jake Nichols
At the end of any drought, there is rain.
And, that is exactly what J.P. Burris walked into Monday night, March 9, as his Farragut players doused him with water after their 57-50 win over Sevier County High School in the Class 4A Sectional round.
With the win, the Admirals snapped a 43-year drought to advance to the state tournament for the first time since 1983.
It is the fourth state tournament berth in program history, as all three others occurred within a six-year span: 1978, 1980 and 1983.
Now, after more than four decades, the Admirals will return to the pinnacle of high school basketball in Tennessee.
And they will do so with a tie to history in their midst.
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When the 1983 Farragut team advanced to the state tournament, they lost to Nashville East 72-70 at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym.
Had they been assigned a different opponent, the Ads would have faced a McMinn County team, which was coached by a young Donald Dodgen — now the Farragut athletic director.
At the time of those state tournament trips, Dodgen already knew Lynn Sexton — Farragut’s coach who became the namesake of the Admirals’ home gymnasium.
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March 11, 2026 by Jake Nichols
On Saturday, March 7, the Knox County Young Democrats welcomed new members and discussed issues at Sunago Coffee Company in Hardin Valley.
The meeting offered a chance for a closer encounter with people other than their official launch party, which was held Feb. 28.
That event featured a multitude of speakers, including Knox County Democratic Vice Chair Domonica Bryan, U.S, State Representative Aftyn Behn, and DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta, who joined remotely.
“Our event on the 28th had 200 people coming in and out, so we didn’t get to talk to people one-on-one as much as we would have liked,” KYD vice president Julia Kay said. “Things like this allow us to do that and to talk about what we want to do and what a 2026 roadmap looks like to get members involved.”
“It’s also about inclusivity,” KYD president Solomon Trapp added. “A lot of our demographic is spread out across Knox County, so it’s nice to meet people where they are.”
The group is a subsidiary of Tennessee Young Democrats, which falls under Young Democrats of America.
Those units are separate entities from KnoxDems, which is under the Democratic National Convention.
They do have a close working relationship with KnoxDems but with an age range of 18 to 35, KYD hopes to fill a niche in the Knoxville area.
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March 11, 2026 by Tammy Cheek
A full house turned out to hear from mayoral candidate Kim Frazier and sheriff’s candidates, David Amburn and Jimmy “JJ” Jones, at the Concord-Farragut Republican Club meeting in Fruition Café Thursday, March 5.
Other candidates and members of the executive committee also attended.
Kim Frazier
In the mayor’s race, Kim Frazier, County Commissioner for At Large Seat 11, started as a community activist in the Hardin Valley community before she was elected Commissioner.
“I decided to run for mayor for one reason, and that’s you, the hard-working people of Knox County, who have reached out to me, expressed their confidence in me …” she said. “I get in there; I work hard; I find solutions; I build relationships … people I have been representing have asked more of me.”
Frazier, who has chosen “to deepen her commitment” to the county, serves on 14 committees for the Commission and is a member of six community and business groups.
“Farragut is really special to me,” she said. “My father-in-law, before he passed away, was the principal at Farragut Intermediate School, from the time the school opened until his untimely death.”
Frazier’s mission has been responsible growth “because of my everyday efforts to bring attention to the impact of growth and development and additional infrastructure in my own community,” she said.
“As a Commissioner, I turned the work that I started as a citizen advocate into policy, legislation and planning that focuses on what matters most to you, the taxpayer,” she said.
Regarding tax increases, Frazier said she will go to the citizens and ask them what services they want.
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March 11, 2026 by Jake Nichols
Food trucks and the B97.5 radio van stood guard outside the Farragut Community Center Sunday, March 1. Closer to the door, a sign welcomed visitors to the 2026 Farragut Health and Wellness Expo, sponsored by Tennova Healthcare.
Initially scheduled for early February, the 2026 expo was moved to March due to the large amount of snowfall across the area in the early portion of the year.
Shop Farragut hosts the expo each year at the community center at 239 Jamestowne Blvd. The wait appeared well worth it on Sunday as sunlight beamed on a clear, cloudless afternoon.
“A little sad we had to delay things in February, but the snow had other plans,” Shop Farragut executive director Vic Scott said. “When we first kicked off everything, it was a little bit of a slow start, then everything has started to pick up. So glad we have a nice, sunny day and that we’ve got the crowd we do.”
Visitors had plenty of options to choose from throughout the community center, as the event ran from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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March 11, 2026 by
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March 11, 2026 by
• A Farragut woman reported Feb. 25 that an unknown suspect used her personal information to access her bank account on Shirecliffe Lane. According to the victim she was told the suspect(s) had her name, social security number and all information needed to gain access to her account. The victim advised that her financial institution had informed her someone using her Visa/Debit card number in an attempt to make a purchase with Nordstrom's in the amount of $300 and a $500 transfer,
but the transactions were blocked by the bank’s fraud department.
• A complainant reported Feb. 26 that Turkey Creek Medical Center on Parkside Drive received two harassing phone calls from an unknown suspect. The suspect made inappropriate remarks during both calls before hanging up.
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