Gov. Lee Signs Forever Homes Act into Law

Gov. Lee Signs Forever Homes Act into Law Legislation to accelerate child placement, support foster and adoptive families   The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) marked the legislative passage of the Lee administration’s Forever Homes Act...

Ben Byrd Did Not Like Bobby Knight

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com     When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...

Are we all going crazy?

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Remember the joke about the guy tasting Bud Light for the first time and thought it tasted funny and sent it to a lab? The report said, “I am afraid your horse has diabetes.” Well, now Bud Light – the fake...

Taking the Somerset Loop

Taking the Somerset Loop A Day Away By Mike Steely Somerset, Kentucky, is located west of London and Corbin and is the county seat of Pulaski County. The county is named after Polish Count Casimir Pulaski who served during the American Revolution under General George...