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Odds and Ends of This and That

by Steve Hunley | May 3, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley The only really bad thing about being a weekly newspaper is preparing an editorial on one topic.  Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear from people wondering why I didn’t write about this or that.  There’s so much that happens nationally and locally...

Adapting to the Coronavirus

by Steve Hunley | Apr 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

School System Must Begin to Prepare Now By Steve Hunley Bob Thomas, superintendent of the Knox County School system, was recently interviewed by another media outlet and stated plainly, “We weren’t prepared” for the coronavirus.  Nobody was, nor could they be. As I...

We Need To Continue To Talk

by Steve Hunley | Apr 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley I don’t know of anyone who isn’t eager to return to his/her former life, yet life after the coronavirus may likely be very different. It will be mighty interesting to see just what kind of conversations our nation will be having in the wake of the...

Mike McMillan Reelected to School Board

by Steve Hunley | Mar 8, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Mike McMillan was reelected to the Knox County Board of Education last week to a new four-year term.  McMillan defeated two opponents, Adam Brown and Leon Daugherty, finally winning with more than 57% of the vote.  The remarkable thing about McMillan’s...

Taxpayers paid $25.6 million for the Andrew Johnson Building

by Steve Hunley | Feb 16, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Mayor Jacobs wants to sell it for $6 million By Steve Hunley   What kind of government spends $25.6 million dollars on a building and then tries to sell it for $6 million dollars? Your Knox County government and Knox County School Board is that kind of...
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