by Ray Hill | May 19, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill While growing up, one of the names I heard most frequently on the television news was that of J. William Fulbright, the senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee. Of course that was during a time when there were...
by design | May 19, 2013 | Archives
By Steve Williams There’s a baseball saying that “Walks will Haunt.” Farragut High’s baseball team definitely got spooked Friday night but managed to survive. Despite giving up nine bases on balls, a hit batsman and a wild pitch in the first three innings, the...
by design | May 19, 2013 | Archives
By Ken Lay Christian Academy of Knoxville won its third consecutive Region 2-A/AA soccer championship Wednesday night at Gibbs High School’s Ernest Whited Field. The Warriors used three first-half goals to notch a 3-0 victory over the previously undefeated Eagles....
by design | May 19, 2013 | Archives
By Hubert Smith KTA Commissioner Last year when the flagship campus of The University of Tennessee announced it was no longer contracting with Knoxville Area Transit to provide services to its campus, very few eyebrows were raised. Now it’s a full-blown political...
by design | May 19, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Many people believe that music in some way defines who we are. So here at The Focus be began a new feature this week. We asked local community leaders: “what is on you music playlist?” Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis volunteered to help kick things off....