by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I don’t blame anyone for cashing any of the Covid Relief checks sent out in 2020 and 2021, but everyone would have been better off if all this money had not been sent out. Everyone is paying for it now in the inflation that...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Somebody named Joy Behar on something called “The View” made the following incredibly dumb statement: “Once Black people get guns in this country, the gun laws will change. Trust me.” She apparently must...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When someone is charged with the crime of theft, that theft usually results from the theft of goods from a store. That theft charge is what we normally think of as shoplifting. The Tennessee laws that discuss theft and shoplifting are Tennessee...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely I think my interest in railroad depots goes back to my childhood when my family lived just up the tracks from an active station. I recall a railroad trip to Louisville, Ky., once by train from our home in Williamsburg, Ky., and since then my own family...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
~ from UTAD The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees on Friday approved Tennessee Athletics’ request to adjust the scope and budget of the ongoing Neyland Stadium renovations project, originally approved in 2017. Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny...
