by design | Jun 1, 2021 | The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader was in Knox County on Saturday, May 22 and he delighted fans with his stories and sometimes self-deprecating sense of humor. Pete Rose, one of baseball’s living legends and the game’s last player-manager, made a...
by design | May 31, 2021 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
KUB hears broadband comments, concerns from public By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A public input meeting Wednesday evening at the Grande Event Center on Clinton Highway saw a good crowd of citizens attend who mostly expressed their approval of a...
by design | May 31, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J Duncan Jr. I have been blessed throughout my life to have been surrounded by strong women, and certainly one of the strongest is my wife, Lynn. No man has ever had a more loyal wife than she has been to me. This is our 44th year together. When I first met...
by design | May 31, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams Thanks to Gibbs High School, Knox County now has a 20-year streak of having one of its teams reach the TSSAA state finals in baseball. Only the coronavirus pandemic was able to interrupt that streak when it forced the TSSAA to cancel its...
by design | May 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The trio of colorful legislators who exerted enormous influence in the Tennessee General Assembly for decades – – – Walter M. “Pete” Haynes, I. D. Beasley, and James H. Cummings – – – were commonly known in Nashville as...