by Mike Steely | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Seems Jimmy Carter can’t get much respect, doesn’t it? Although the peanut farmer and nuclear scientist from Georgia is one of the presidents of our nation to get a street named for him in our fair city, the street is only a couple of blocks long and,...
by Joe Rector | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Okay, let’s try to sort things out. The House of Representatives Republicans don’t like Obamacare. They want to defund it, delay it, or do anything else to stop its implementation. So, they refuse to fund the budget with a continuing resolution unless...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major In Memphis, Carol and Perry McGinnis had each other and a dream. They had little else—not even a car! Perry rode Memphis city buses to school; Carol rode them to work. But over time, things changed. It was July of 1959 and the last school quarter...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | Columnist
by Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is a pattern of controlling behavior aimed at gaining power in order to control an intimate partner. “It is not just about hitting and punching. It is a...
by design | Oct 14, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Gene Blaylock, a longtime firefighter who joined Rural/Metro Fire Department when it began its Knox County operations in 1977, has been named Knox County Fire Chief. Blaylock started his career as a firefighter at Station 26 on Strawberry Plains Pike and rose to the...
