by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
City may support an alternative response service By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com The Knoxville City Council meets Tuesday evening and may discuss three different resolutions in support of creating an Alternative Response effort with the idea of...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Mental Health Court Needed Knox County is set to establish a Mental Health Court, which will hear the cases of those with mental health issues, obviously. Not only is this a very good idea, but it is increasingly needed. Judge Chuck Cerny of...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Baker, four-time state champ, stayed on track By Steve Williams In life, people often have to overcome hurdles. In the sports world, track and field hurdlers can run into difficulty, too. Brianna Baker, Grace Christian Academy’s female Student-Athlete of the Year,...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The best-selling author Pearl Buck once wrote, “If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.” History is comprised of the high and the low and everything in between. The “great” historical figures every child (at least in my day) grew up...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Madelyn and Charlie made No. 4 look good Both Webb honorees wore that number By Steve Williams Besides being Webb School’s Student-Athletes of the Year, there was something else Madelyn Ladd and Charlie Robinson had in common. Both wore No. 4. Madelyn made the...
by design | Jun 25, 2023 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Day Away By Mike Steely The little town of Tazewell is one of my favorite places and if you only drive along Highway 25E through Claiborne County, you’ll miss the historic town center. Tazewell is just south of Cumberland Gap and has existed since 1804. Tazewell,...