by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Matt Shears, chairman of the Knox County Democratic Party, is up to his typical virtue signaling. Shears sent out a press release recently with the shocking news local Democrats had cancelled their Truman Day Dinner and called on Knox County...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams The 2021 high school football season will jump right in with several rivalry games. Six of the 13 opening matchups definitely fall into that category and a couple of others could turn into such type contests. Karns at Hardin Valley tops the list as...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill One year ago on August 3, I lost my beloved Scottish terrier, Mackie. I still miss the little fellow something fierce and there’s not a day that goes by without my thinking about him. Losing anyone we love profoundly is a terrible loss. It literally...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. On my first day as judge of the criminal court, Gary Tulloch, the chief probation counselor for 16 counties in East Tennessee, told me that “98% of the defendants in felony cases came from broken homes.” He was a little high, and it is much more...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfoctus.com One morning I decided to count the “now hiring” signs to/fro an errand. There were 12 and two job fair signs. I can’t remember when it seemed like every business was hiring. My son who runs several popular 24/7 restaurants...
