by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For twenty years, Tennessee’s Second Congressional District had been served in the United States House of Representatives by J. Will Taylor. “Hillbilly Bill” Taylor was also the last congressman elected from this district who either did not live or later...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As regular readers of this column know, I recently lost my sweet wife, Lynn, certainly the toughest thing I have ever been through. But I feel guilty in writing that because her last few months were hundreds of times tougher...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Throwback items sustain memory of four schools By Steve Williams South of the river, there have been a total of five Knoxville city and Knox County high schools over the years. Young High (1913-1976), South High (1951-1976), Doyle High (1967-1991) and South-Young High...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” –Edmund Burke By Dr. Jim Ferguson Some years ago, a friend told me that she once worked for a casino as a shill. I was clueless, so I went to the dictionary. Webster defines a shill as...
by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Last week Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon took a walk in the Vestal Community as part of her “Mayor’s Night Out” series. She started in at 6 p.m. in the Vestal Gateway Park and walked to the Mary Vestal Park Pavilion....
